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Mark 6:9

Mark 6:9
But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But be shod with sandals,.... Which were different from shoes, and more fit to travel with, and therefore allowed when shoes were forbidden; See Gill on Mat 10:10, though some think there was no…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 6:8-11

See these verses fully explained in the notes at Mat 10:9-15. In Mat 10:5 they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Shod with sandals - The sandal seems to have been similar to the Roman solea, which covered only the sole of the foot, and was fastened about the foot and ankle with straps. The sandal was originally…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 6:7-13

Here is, I. The commission given to the twelve apostles, to preach and work miracles; it is the same which we had more largely, Mt. 10. Mark doth not name them here, as Matthew doth, because he had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

be shod with sandals That is, they were to take no other shoes with them for travelling "than their ordinary sandals of palm-bark." So now "the Galilean peasants wear a coarse shoe, answering to the…

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