Luke - 9:2

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2 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 9:2.

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and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.
and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the infirm.
He sent them out as his messengers, to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to work cures.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

To preach the kingdom of God - For an explication of this phrase, see on Matthew 3:1 (note).

And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God,.... The Gospel, which gives an account of the kingdom of the Messiah; of his kingly office and power; of his church, which is his kingdom, and of the government of it, by the ministration of the word, and the administration of ordinances; of the kingdom of grace in the hearts of Christ's subjects, and the nature of it; and of the kingdom of glory, and what is the saints' meetness for it, and right unto it:
and to heal the sick; of every disease of body, and thereby confirm their mission and commission from Christ, to preach the Gospel; and recommend it to men.

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