Luke 9:3

And he said unto them For a much fuller account of the instructions given to the Twelve see Matthew 10:5-15. Some of these are recorded by St Luke as given also to the Seventy, Luke 10:1-16.

neither staves Or a staff(as N, A, B, and many uncials). The plural may have been frivolously introduced by some copyist who wished to avoid an apparent discrepancy with Mark 6:8, "save a staff only." St Matthew also says, -not even a staff." Minute and wholly unimportant as the variation would have been, it may turn on the fact that our Lord told them not specially to procure (μὴ κτήσησθε, Matt.) these things for the journey; or on the fact that speaking in Aramaic He used the phrase כי אם (kee im), which might be explained -even if you have a staff it is unnecessary."

nor scrip i.e. wallet, a bag carried over the shoulder to contain a few dates or other common necessaries. 1 Samuel 17:40.

neither dread which they usually took with them, Luke 9:13; Matthew 16:7.

neither money Literally, "silver."St Luke uses the word because it was the common metal for coinage among the Greeks.St Mark uses "copper," the common Romancoinage.

neither have two coats apiece i.e. do not carry with you a second tunic (ketoneth) which indeed is a rare luxury among poor Orientals. (See on Luke 3:11.) If they carried a second tunic at all they could only do so conveniently by putting it on (Mark 6:9). St Mark adds that they were to wear sandals, and St Matthew that they were notto have travelling shoes (hupodimata). The general spirit of the instructions merely is, Go forth in the simplest, humblest manner, with no hindrances to your movements and in perfect faith; and this, as history shews, has always been the method of the most successful missions. At the same time we must remember that the wantsof the Twelve were very small (see on Luke 8:3) and were secured by the open hospitality of the East (Thomson, Land and Book, p. 346).