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 take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing." Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse must take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, must sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
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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It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down?yes, they worship.
Do not take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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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You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down?yes, they worship.
Do not take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing." Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse must take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, must sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
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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It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."
It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down?yes, they worship.
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Do not take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."
They said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.