Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,
What I have here introduced from Luke belongs, perhaps, to another time; but I saw no necessity for separating what he has placed in immediate connection. First, he says that the twelve apostles preached the kingdom of God along with Christ; from which we infer that, though the ordinary office of teaching had not yet been committed to them, they constantly attended as heralds to...
We are here told, I. What Christ made the constant business of his life - it was preaching; in that work he was indefatigable, and went about doing good (Luk 8:1), afterward - en tō kathexēs - ordine, in the proper time or method. Christ took his work before him and went about it regularly.
Commenting on Luke 8:1-3
Verse 1. Every city and village. Of Galilee. Preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. That the kingdom of God was about to come, or that his reign in the gospel was about to be set up over men. . The twelve. The twelve apostles.