Matthew 10:10

Bible verse

Matthew 10:10 is the tenth verse in the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

The word for "bag" (KJV: "scrip") is "tarmil" in Hebrew, as found in one Jewish commentary, to call "a large leather bag", in which shepherds and travelers carried their food, and other things, hanging it around their necks. while the Good News Translation speaks of a "beggar's bag". "Two tunics" (KJV: "two coats", NABRE: "a second tunic") are supposedly one to wear during travel, and another to put on, when they came to their quarters. Sandals were made of harder leather than shoes, and sometimes of wood covered with leather, and stuck with nails, to make them more durable; though sometimes made of bulrushes, and bark of palm trees, and of cork, which were light to walk with. It is not certain which sort the disciples were allowed to travel with. There are divided opinions as to whether this ordinance for the apostles to be poor was just for this early time of preaching or should always be the case. However, Lapide believes that it was a temporary injunction. As proof he puts forth Luke 22:35, "When I sent you without bag and scrip and shoes, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing. He said to them, But now " showing that he was about to give them a new set of precepts, i. e., they should buy swords and take a bag. It is clear that during Jesus' ministry the apostles had pious and wealthy women who accompanied and provided for them (See 1 Corinthians 9:5, "Have we not power to carry about a woman, even as the other apostles?".) Christ also permitted Magdalen, and other pious women to accompany and provide for Himself and His followers (see Luke 8:3). Judas had the money bag, and the disciples make reference to the money they had when they ask Christ: “From where will we buy bread that these may eat?” However some missionary saints have taken this commandment to heart such as Francis Xavier who refused aid from the king of Portugal and begged for his food.

Glossa Ordinaria: "Whence He adds, Neither money in your purses. For there are two kinds of things necessary; one is the means of buying necessaries, which is signified by the money in their purses; the other the necessaries themselves, which are signified by the scrip."