10.16 Imagine a shepherd sending out his sheep among wolves! Shrewd: also perhaps crafty (Gen 3.1), certainly not naïve. Innocent means not harming others: it doesn’t mean ignorant.
10.18 “On my account”: see Matt 5.11, Acts 5.41
10.22 So we may not be popular, then?
10.25 See 9.34
10.27 Pray for boldness. See also vv32-33.
10.35 Jesus doesn’t mention wife or husband, but to marry a non-Christian sets up this antagonism. What a blessing to be united in Christ, as well as in marriage!
10.42 This is one reason why Jesus commanded “Love one another,” because by caring for his followers we care for Him.
I keep imagining naively that people will welcome the Good News and the grace of Christ; and it keeps surprising me when people reject my Lord. I put it down to their ignorance or my poor presentation; but in fact it’s a spiritual reality of human nature. And then Tom Wright leaves you with a little mystery, a tease for the coming weeks – what might he mean?
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