Verse 6. But go rather to the lost sheep, etc. That is, to the Jews. He regarded them as wandering and lost, like sheep straying without a shepherd. They had been the chosen people of God; they had long looked for the Messiah; and it was proper that the gospel should be first offered to them.

{w} "go rather" Ac 13:46 {x} "lost sheep" Ps 119:176; Is 53:6; Jer 1:6,17; Eze 34:5,6,8

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