Be girded about (εστωσαν περιεζωσμενα). Periphrastic perfect passive imperative third plural of the verb περιζωννυμ or περιζωννυω …

Let your loins, and so on. This alludes to the ancient manner of dress. They wore a long flowing robe as their outer garment. (See Barnes …

Let your loins be girded . . .—To “gird up the loins” was, in Eastern customs and with Eastern garments, the accepted sym…

Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Having taught His disciples moderation and freed them from all the cares and conceits of this life, o…

In Jesus’ time, a person “dressed ready for service” tucked his flowing outer robe under his belt or sash. This was done to prepare for travel, fig…

Let your loins be girded about
With the girdle of truth, (Ephesians 6:14) keeping close to the doctrines…

Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25–34). The arguments used here ar…