Purse (βαλλαντιον). Old word for money-bag, sometimes a javelin as if from βαλλω. Only in Luke in the N.T. (10:4; 12:33; 22:35ff.)…

Purse—scrip—shoes. See Barnes on Matthew 10:10.

Salute no man by the way. Salutations among Orientals did not consist, as …

Carry neither purse, nor scrip.—See Notes on Matthew 10:9-10; Mark 6:8.

Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes:

This time, when Christ sent out the seventy, he instructed them to take no provision, fo…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Luke next relates that the seventy disciples received from Christ apostolic learning, humility, innoc…

The limitations on what the seventy-two may take with them increase their vulnerability . They must also be single-minded, even to the extent of no…

Carry neither purse
The Syriac version reads, "purses, "to put money, gold, silver, and brass in; and the prohibitio…

Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls people to re…