Preparing the Apostolic Evangelists - Part 1

Last time, we had entered a transition where our Lord was preparing to send out the twelve men whom he had set apart (earlier) to be his Apostles. For the remainder of Chapter ten then, we will find our Lord providing them with important information to help prepare them for their evangelistic travels. He had already given them authority to perform miraculous (healing) signs and wonders, and now, He would leave them with additional instructions which they were to carry with them on their journey; a journey which would ultimately continue beyond our Lord's earthly ministry (see vs. 17-23). For this morning then, we will begin to consider the first portion of our Lord's instructions to His Apostles from this section.