Reference: Purse
Easton
(1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Lu 10:4; 22:35-36).
(2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8), a money-belt. As to our Lord's sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this "there was no departure from the simple manners of the country. At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw himself on the hospitality of any village." Thomson's Land and the Book. (See Scrip.)
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Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,
and commanded them that they take nothing in the way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,
Carry neither purse nor bag nor sandals. And greet no one by the way.
And He said to them, When I sent you without purse and wallet and sandals, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing. And He said to them, But now, he who has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his wallet. And he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Fausets
Often "the girdle" (zoonee): Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8. Or "a bag for money", and "for merchants' weights". (Ge 42:35; Pr 1:14; Isa 46:6; Joh 12:6, glossokomon, literally, a bag for carrying mouthpieces of musical instruments.)
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And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.
cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,
and commanded them that they take nothing in the way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
Hastings
Morish
A bag for money or weights. Pr 1:14; Isa 46:6; Lu 10:4; 22:35-36; Joh 12:6. In Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8, the 'girdle' is alluded to, a portion of which was used as a purse.
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cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,
and commanded them that they take nothing in the way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,
Carry neither purse nor bag nor sandals. And greet no one by the way.
And He said to them, When I sent you without purse and wallet and sandals, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing. And He said to them, But now, he who has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his wallet. And he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
Smith
Purse,
a bag for money. The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provided with a bag, in which they carried their money,
Ge 42:35; Pr 1:14; 7:20; Isa 46:6
and, if they were merchants, also their weights.
De 25:13; Mic 6:11
This bag is described in the New Testament by the terms balantion (bag)
Lu 10:4; 12:33; 22:35,38
and glossokomon (originally the bag in which musicians carried the mouth-pieces of their Instruments).
Joh 12:6; 13:29
The girdle also served as a purse.
Ladies wore ornamental purses.
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And it happened they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of silver was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
he has taken a bag of silver with him and will come home at the day of the full moon.
And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
Do not provide gold nor silver, nor copper in your purses,
and commanded them that they take nothing in the way, except only a staff; no bag, no bread, no copper in the belt,
Carry neither purse nor bag nor sandals. And greet no one by the way.
Sell what you have and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not become old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes nor moth corrupts.
And He said to them, When I sent you without purse and wallet and sandals, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And He said to them, It is enough.
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
For some thought, because Judas had the moneybag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy what we have need of for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.