‘I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,’ says the Lord Almighty.
Luke 9:52 - New International Version (Anglicised) And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He sent messengers before Him; and they reached and entered a Samaritan village to make [things] ready for Him; American Standard Version (1901) and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. Common English Bible He sent messengers on ahead of him. Along the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival, Catholic Public Domain Version And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he sent messengers before his face; and going, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. |
‘I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,’ says the Lord Almighty.
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
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.
But a Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him – and he was a Samaritan.
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘ “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’ (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
The Jews answered him, ‘Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?’