Quotes & Notes on:     Luke 10:2    John Wesley,  Notes On the New Testament (1755): For God alone can do this: he alone can qualify and commission men for this work. Reginald Fuller's Preaching the Lectionary (1984):  To be posted.   William Baird, Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:  To be posted.   J. McNicol, The New Bible Commentary, 1954:  To be posted.   I.H. Marshall, The New Bible Commentary, 1970:  To be posted.   David Guzik, Study Guide: To be posted.   Chuck Smith, Study Guide: To be posted.   Catechism of the Catholic Church: To be posted.   J. Norval Geldenhuys, Bible Expositor, 1960: To be posted.   Abingdon Bible Commentary (1929): To be posted.   D.D. Whedon, Commentary on Luke, 1866: To be posted.   Joseph Parker, People's Bible, 1901: To be posted.   Anchor Bible: To be posted.   The Fourfold Gospel:  No comments on this verse. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: * The harvest. Mt 9:37,38; Joh 4:35-38; 1Co 3:6-9 * the labourers. Mt 20:1; Mr 13:34; 1Co 15:10; 2Co 6:1; Php 2:25,30; Col 1:29; 4:12 1Th 2:9; 5:12; 1Ti 4:10,15; 5:17,18; 2Ti 2:3-6; 4:5; Phm 1:1 * are. 1Ki 18:22; 22:6-8; Isa 56:9-12; Eze 34:2-6; Zec 11:5,17; Mt 9:36 Ac 16:9,10; Php 2:21; Re 11:2,3 * pray. 2Th 3:1 * the Lord. Lu 9:1; Nu 11:17,29; Ps 68:11; Jer 3:15; Mr 16:15,20; Ac 8:4; 11:19 Ac 13:2; 20:28; 22:21; 26:15-18; 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:7-12 1Ti 1:12-14; Heb 3:6; Re 2:1   Robertson's Word Pictures:  Harvest (therismos). Late word for the older theros, summer, harvest. The language in this verse is verbatim what we have in Mt 9:37,38 to the Twelve. Why not? The need is the same and prayer is the answer in each case. Prayer for preachers is Christ's method for increasing the supply.   William Burkitt's Notes: Note here, 1. That God's church is an harvest field. 2. That the ministers of God are laborers in his harvest, under God the Lord of the harvest. 3. That to God alone it does belong to send forth laborers into his harvest, and none must thrust themselves in, until God sends them forth: Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers. 4. That the number of faithful laborers is comparatively small and few: the scribes and Pharisees in the Jewish harvest field are many; yet, says Christ, The laborers are few. 5. That it is the church's duty to pray, and that earnestly and incessantly, to God the Lord of the harvest, to increase the number of faithful laborers; and to send forth more laborers into his harvest.   Family Bible Notes: The harvest; the need and opportunity of preaching the gospel. Laborers; preachers   1599 Geneva Bible Notes: No comments on this verse.   People's New Testament Commentary: No comments on this verse.   Albert Barnes' Commentary: No comments on this verse.   Jamieson-Faussett Brown: No comments on this verse.   Spurgeon Devotional Commentary: This prayer was to be offered by preachers themselves. In any other calling men are afraid of being crowded out if too many engage in it; but there is no fear of this in the Christian ministry; there cannot be too many soul-winners.   Adam Clarke's Commentary: There seems to be an allusion here to the case of reapers, who, though the harvest was perfectly ripe, yet were in no hurry to cut it down. News of this is brought to the Lord of the harvest the farmer, and he is entreated to exert his authority, and hurry them out; and this he does because the harvest is spoiling for want of being reaped and gathered in.   Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: No comments on this verse.

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