After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come.
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Bede
AD 735
The number of the twelve apostles marked the beginning of the episcopal rank. It is also apparent that the seventytwo disciples, who were also sent out by the Lord to preach the word, signify in their selection the lesser rank of the priesthood that is now called the presbyterate. For the same reason, it is appropriate that these seventytwo figured in the last part of the priestly clothing, as those twelve had been in the first. It was fitting that the type of those who would occupy a higher rank in the body of the High Priest (that is, in the church of Christ) should have a higher place in the typical clothing of the Old Testament high priest.
