“After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.”
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go — the appointment of the seventy-two is unique to Luke — a mission beyond the twelve. Seventy-two (or seventy, in some manuscripts) may echo the seventy elders of Moses (Numbers 11:16–17) or the seventy nations of Genesis 10. Two by two echoes the twelve's mission. Ahead of him: the seventy-two are advance scouts preparing the way.
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