 | Ralph Daniel Heim - Religion - 1947 - 228 pages
...persecution of the disciples and their fearless witness Mt. 10:16-33 16 "Lo, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 1T Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and... | |
 | Jay G. Williams - Religion - 1988 - 144 pages
...secret teachings, it has been lost to both the Church and the world. Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, and you... | |
 | John P. Meier - Religion - 1980 - 394 pages
...judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. l6"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Here we have the missionary discourse proper, an amalgam of Mk, Q, and M. The actual sending out occurs... | |
 | Wayne Edward Oates - Religion - 1987 - 144 pages
..."dark side" or shadow of our beings when he said to his disciples, "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matt. 10: 16). To assume a core of self-centeredness in our own and others' beings is to be as "wise... | |
 | Francis Fernandez - Religion - 2000 - 672 pages
...they will encounter. We read then in the Gospel of today's Mass: Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves} They must be vigilant so as not to be taken unawares by evil, so that they will recognise the wolves... | |
 | James Dixon Douglas - Bibles - 1993 - 938 pages
...more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. l6"See, 1 e. 'Where are you going?' hBul because I have said...these things to you. sorrow has filled your hearts l7Bewareofthem, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues: I8and you... | |
 | Eric W. Gritsch - Religion - 176 pages
...the New Testament, the word "witness" means "martyr." When Jesus sent out his disciples he told them, "See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst...wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matt. 10:16). The first disciples had to learn what it means to practice both servant- and serpent-hood.... | |
 | Robert H. Stein - Religion - 1994 - 228 pages
...be, however, little or no difference in meaning between the examples given by Aristotle or between "I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves (MATT 10:16)" and "I am sending you sheep out into the midst of wolves." Cf. also how the same saying... | |
 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Religion - 2001 - 402 pages
...They have despised it, so keep it for yourselves" (Bengel).'32' 204 The Suffering of the Messengers "See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst...wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware [the people], for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and... | |
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Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 
