Save a staff only (ε μη ραβδον μονον). Every traveller and pilgrim carried his staff. Bruce thinks that Mark has here preserved th…

In Matthew 10:5, they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for the…

Save a staff only.—St. Matthew (Matthew 10:10) states, neither staves—i.e., they were to ta…

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Lord preached not only in the cities but also in the villages, so that we may learn not to despis…

Inherent in the commi ion of the Twelve was absolute trust in God to supply all their needs, including their physical needs. They were to take only…

And commanded them that they should take nothing for [their]
journey
To accommodate t…

Though the apostles were conscious of their own great weakness, and expected no worldly advantage, yet, in obedience to their Master, and in depend…