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LUKE 9:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 9:9Luke 9:11
“And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.”
When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida — the apostles' return and report is the accountability moment after the mission. Jesus takes them to Bethsaida for rest and private debrief — the pattern of ministry followed by withdrawal for recovery and instruction that characterizes the Galilean period.

Church Fathers on Luke 9:10

Matthew and Mark, taking occasion from what had occurred above, relate here how John was slain by Herod. But Luke, who had long before given an account of John’s sufferings, after mentioning that perplexity of Herod’s, as to who our Lord was, immediately adds, And the apostles when they were returned told him all that they had done.

Augustine · 4th century

But they not only tell Him what they had done and taught, but also, as Matthew implies, the things which John suffered while they were occupied in teaching, are now repeated to Him either by His own, or, according to Matthew, by John’s disciples.

Bede · 8th century

Our Lord because He hates the men of blood, and those that dwell with them, as long as they depart not from their crimes, after the murder of the Baptist left the murderers and departed; as it follows, And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

Isidore of Seville · 7th century
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