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Luke 10:4

Luke 10:4
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Carry neither purse,.... The Syriac version reads, "purses, "to put money, gold, silver, and brass in; and the prohibition regards the money in the purse chiefly:

nor scrip; the Syriac version here…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Purse ...scrip ...shoes - See the notes at Mat 10:10. Salute no man by the way - Salutations among the Orientals did not consist, as among us, of a slight bow or an extension of the hand, but was…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Carry neither purse nor scrip - See on Mat 10:9 (note), etc., and Mar 6:8 (note), etc.

Salute no man by the way - According to a canon of the Jews, a man who was about any sacred work was exempted…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 10:1-16

We have here the sending forth of seventy disciples, two and two, into divers parts of the country, to preach the gospel, and to work miracles in those places which Christ himself designed to visit,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

neither purse Compare Luk 9:1-6, and notes; Mat 10:1-42. St Luke uses the Greek balantion;St Mark the Oriental zonen-girdle."

salute no man by the way A common direction in cases of urgency (2Ki…