Luke 10:3

Go! I ¹  am sending you out like lambs ²  surrounded by wolves. ³ 

Ps 22:12-16,21; Eze 2:3-6; Zep 3:3; Mt 7:15; Mt 10:16,22; Joh 10:12; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:2; Ac 9:2,16; Ac 20:29

¹ tn Grk “Behold I.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

² sn On the imagery of lambs see Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:11-31, and John 10:1-18.

³ sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism as well; see Pss. Sol. 8:23.