Luke 10:6

If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

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WEBBE

If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

BSB

If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.

ASV

And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐὰν ean if G1437 μέν men indeed G3303 ἐκεῖ ekei there G1563 ᾖ ē shall be G1510 υἱὸς huios a son G5207 εἰρήνης eirēnēs of peace G1515 ἐπαναπαήσεται epanapaēsetai will rest G1879 ἐπ ep᾽ upon G1909 αὐτὸν auton him G846 ἡ hē the G3588 εἰρήνη eirēnē peace G1515 ὑμῶν humōn of you G4771 εἰ ei lest G1487 δὲ de however G1161 μή mē except G3361 γε ge yet G1065 ἐφ eph᾽ to G1909 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 ἀνακάμψει anakampsei it will return G344

The early church

Hence it is added, And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it. As if he says, You indeed shall utter the word, but the blessing of peace shall be applied wherever I shall deem men worthy of it. But if any one is not worthy, ye are not mocked, the grace of your word has not perished, but is returned unto you. And this is what is added, But if not, it shall return unto you again.
Titus of Bostra · d. 378Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Hom. 17. in Ev.) For the peace which is offered by the mouth of the preacher shall either rest on the house, if there be any one in it predestined to life, who follows the heavenly word which he hears; or if no one be willing indeed to hear, the preacher himself shall not be without fruit, for the peace returns to him, while the Lord gives him the recompense of reward for the labour of his work.
Gregory the Dialogist · d. 604Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–16

Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls men to receive Christ as a Prince and a Saviour; and he will surely come in the power of his Spirit to all places whither he sends his faithful servants. But the doom of those who receive the grace of God in vain, will be very fearful Those who despise the faithful ministers of Christ, who think meanly of them, and look scornfully upon them, will be reckoned as despisers of God and Christ.

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