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Mat_10:6-7. Τὰ πρόβατα … Ἰσραήλ ] the members of Israel, the family of Israel (Lev_10:6; Exo_19:3), the theocratic nation, who were alienated from the divine truth and the divine life, and so were found wandering in error, like sheep without a shepherd. Comp. Mat_15:24. And such sheep (Mat_9:36) were they all, seeing that they were without faith in Him, the heaven-sent Shepherd. For the figure generally, comp. Isa_53:6; Jer_50:8; Eze_34:5.
Mat_10:7. ἤγγικεν , κ . τ . λ .] being precisely the same terms as those in which Jesus Himself (Mat_4:17), and the Baptist before Him, had commenced their preaching (Mat_3:2).