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Without purse (ατερ βαλλαντιου). Money bag or purse. Old word, but in the N.T. only in Luke (10:4; 12:33; 22:35ff.).

When I sent you, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 10:9.
See Barnes on Matthew 10:10.
Lacked you, etc. Did you want anythi…

When I sent you without purse, and scrip.—The words refer specifically to the command given to the disciples in Luke 10:4…

Strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Pete…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Our Lord had foretold to Peter that he would deny Him, namely, at the time of His arrest. But having …

This short passage is difficult to interpret, with two problems in particular: (1) the problem of Jesus’ apparent support for using weapons, which …

And he said to them. The whole purpose of this discourse of Christ is to show that until now He spared His disciples, so that He did not l…

And he said to them
To the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not to Peter only, but to them all:

How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson