<p>10:5 <i>And into whatever house you shall enter, first say: Peace to this house</i>- The Lord raised everything to an altogether higher level. It was, for example, customary for Semitic peoples to greet each other as it is today with the words 'shalom' or 'salaam' 'peace'. But there was little real meaning in those words. The Lord said that His peace, His 'shalom', He gives to us, not as the Jewish world gave it. Likewise He told His disciples to say &quot;Peace be to this house&quot; when they entered a home. Yet this was the standard greeting. What He surely meant was that they were to say it with meaning; and wish the household peace with God through His Son. &nbsp;</p>