Tests of Hospitality

They are told that even when they are brought before kings and rulers, they are not to worry about their defence. And these words will be given to them by the spirit. Once again, this is presumably anticipating events later on in the story, when the spirit will be given in the s of the day of pentecost. They will still be going through the cities of israel when the son of man returns. Now this return of the son ofMan is presumably at the end of that particular period of time, in a d 70,. And they are leading up to that judgment, preparing the people. Thereis an event of judgment and harvest on the horizon, and they need to get