Mark 6:8 - Barnes' Notes

Mark 6:8

6 And ^aHe marveled because of their unbelief. ^bThen He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

Sending Out the Twelve

7 ^aAnd He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out ^btwo by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts—

9 but ^ato wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

10 ^aAlso He said to them, “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place.

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See these verses fully explained in the notes at Matthew 10:9-15. 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 "Gentiles," and the direction might create unnecessary difficulty or offence. Perhaps he omits it also because the command was given for a temporary purpose, and was not in force at the time of his writing.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Mark 6:8:

Matthew 10:1
Matthew 10:9-15

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