And He called unto Him the twelve - "His twelve disciples", as some copies read; and gave them their commission, qualifications, and instructions:
and began to send them forth by two and two: He first sent forth one couple, and then another; the reason of his sending them by pairs, was partly for the sake of company, and that they might be useful and assisting to one another; and partly to show their agreement in doctrine; and that they might be proper and sufficient witnesses of it, whereby it might be established; and gave them power over unclean spirits; that is, to cast them out.
6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
and began to send them forth by two and two: He first sent forth one couple, and then another; the reason of his sending them by pairs, was partly for the sake of company, and that they might be useful and assisting to one another; and partly to show their agreement in doctrine; and that they might be proper and sufficient witnesses of it, whereby it might be established; and gave them power over unclean spirits; that is, to cast them out.
6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
A staff only - It is likely He desired them to take only one with every two, merely for the purpose of carrying any part of their clothes on.
6:9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
6:9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
Be shod with sandals - As you usually are. Sandals were pieces of strong leather or wood, tied under the sole of the foot by thongs, something resembling modern clogs. The shoes which they are were a kind of short boots, reaching a little above the mid - leg, which were then commonly used in journeys.
Our Lord intended by this mission to initiate them into their apostolic work. And it was doubtless an encouragement to them all their life after, to recollect the care which God took of them, when they had left all they had, and went out quite unfurnished for such an expedition.
6:10 And He said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
And whosoever shall not receive you - Ὁς αν τοπος μη δεξηται, whatsoever Place will not receive you.
6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And, whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you - Who would neither take them into their houses, nor hear what they had to say to them: shake off the dust under your feet, for a testimony against them; - that they had been with them, and attempted to preach the Gospel to them, but they despised and rejected it.
6:10 And He said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
And whosoever shall not receive you - Ὁς αν τοπος μη δεξηται, whatsoever Place will not receive you.
6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And, whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you - Who would neither take them into their houses, nor hear what they had to say to them: shake off the dust under your feet, for a testimony against them; - that they had been with them, and attempted to preach the Gospel to them, but they despised and rejected it.
Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. - the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrha, though they have had the judgments of God upon them in this world, they will not escape the righteous judgment of God hereafter; things are not over with them, there is still a reckoning to be made, an account to pass with them; their full punishment is not yet executed, even though they have been suffering the vengeance of eternal fire; their bodies must be raised, and they must receive for the things which they have done in them, and which they have so dreadfully and unnaturally abused; and yet, as vile sinners as they have been, and as sore a punishment as they are worthy of, their punishment will be milder and more tolerable, than that of the inhabitants of such places, where the Gospel has been preached, and they have despised and rejected it.
6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
and preached that men should repent; - both of the evil practices which they were guilty of, and of the bad principles they had imbibed, and change both their sentiments and their conduct.
6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
They anointed with oil many that were sick - Which St. James gives as a general direction, James 5:14-15.
6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
and preached that men should repent; - both of the evil practices which they were guilty of, and of the bad principles they had imbibed, and change both their sentiments and their conduct.
6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
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