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King James Version

Mark 6:9

But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostles;   Commandments;   Jesus, the Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Clothing;   Dress;   Sandals;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Disciples/apostles;   Evangelism;   Healing;   Hearing;   Receiving;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Garments;   Shoes;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sandals;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mission;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sandals;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Sandal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apostles;   Disciples;   Healing, Divine;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Revelation, the Book of;   Tunic;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Authority of Christ;   Church (2);   Coat (2);   Disciple (2);   Discourse;   Dress (2);   Premeditation;   Seventy (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   Sandals;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apostle;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dress;   Shoe;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but to wear sandals and not put on an extra shirt.
King James Version (1611)
But be shod with sandales: and not put on two coats.
English Standard Version
but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
New American Standard Bible
but to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not wear two tunics."
New Century Version
Wear sandals, but take only the clothes you are wearing.
Amplified Bible
but to wear sandals; and [He told them] not to wear two tunics.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not put on two tunics."
Legacy Standard Bible
but to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not put on two tunics."
Berean Standard Bible
and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.
Contemporary English Version
It's all right to wear sandals, but don't take along a change of clothes.
Complete Jewish Bible
Wear shoes but not an extra shirt.
Darby Translation
but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.
Easy-to-Read Version
You can wear sandals, but don't take extra clothes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But that they should be shod with sandals, & that they should not put on two coates.
George Lamsa Translation
But to wear sandals, and not to wear two shirts.
Good News Translation
Wear sandals, but don't carry an extra shirt."
Lexham English Bible
but to put on sandals and not to wear two tunics.
Literal Translation
but having tied on sandals, and not putting on two tunics.
American Standard Version
but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not on two coats.
Bible in Basic English
They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
Hebrew Names Version
but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
International Standard Version
They could wear sandals but not take along an extra shirt.two shirts
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Etheridge Translation
but be shod with sandals, and not to be clothed with two tunics.
Murdock Translation
but to be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But shoulde be shoed with sandales: And that they shoulde not put on two coates.
English Revised Version
but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not on two coats.
World English Bible
but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.
Weymouth's New Testament
but to go wearing sandals. "And do not," He said, "put on an extra under garment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but schod with sandalies, and that thei schulden not be clothid with twei cootis.
Update Bible Version
but [to go] shod with sandals: and, [he said], don't put on two coats.
Webster's Bible Translation
But [be] shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
New English Translation
and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.
New King James Version
but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.
New Living Translation
He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes.
New Life Bible
They were to wear shoes. They were not to take two coats.
New Revised Standard
but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but having bound on light sandals, and not to put on, two tunics;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coats.
Revised Standard Version
but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but shuld be shood with sandals. And that they shuld not put on two coottes.
Young's Literal Translation
but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but shulde be shod with sandales, and that they shulde not put on two cotes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
to have but one pair of shoes, and but one coat.
THE MESSAGE
Just a Carpenter He left there and returned to his hometown. His disciples came along. On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place. He made a real hit, impressing everyone. "We had no idea he was this good!" they said. "How did he get so wise all of a sudden, get such ability?" But in the next breath they were cutting him down: "He's just a carpenter—Mary's boy. We've known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?" They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further. Jesus told them, "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child." Jesus wasn't able to do much of anything there—he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that's all. He couldn't get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching. Jesus called the Twelve to him, and sent them out in pairs. He gave them authority and power to deal with the evil opposition. He sent them off with these instructions: "Don't think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They couldn't even take an extra blue jean jacket.

Contextual Overview

7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 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: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 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. 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be shod: Ephesians 6:15

sandals: The sandal consisted only of a sole, fastened about the foot and ankle with straps. Acts 12:8

Reciprocal: Luke 9:3 - Take Luke 10:4 - neither Luke 22:35 - When

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But be shod with sandals,.... Which were different from shoes, and more fit to travel with, and therefore allowed when shoes were forbidden; :-, though some think there was no difference between shoes and sandals, and that Christ, in Matthew 10:10, does not forbid the taking of shoes, but two pair of shoes; as not two coats, nor two staves, but one of a sort only. And

not put on two coats; that is, at a time; an inner and an outward one, or one at one time, and another at another: they were forbid change of raiment; the reasons for it Matthew 10:10- :. From all which it appears, that as a minister of the Gospel ought not to be a worldly minded man, that minds earth and earthly things, and seeks to amass wealth and riches to himself, and preaches for filthy lucre's sake; nor to be a sensual and voluptuous man, serving his own belly, and not the Lord Jesus Christ, feeding himself, and not the flock; so neither should he be filled with worldly cares, overwhelmed in worldly business, and entangled with the affairs of this life: he ought to have his mind free from all solicitude and anxious concern, about a subsistence for himself and his, that so he may with greater and more close application attend to his ministry, to preparations for it, and the performance of it; and give up himself entirely to the word and prayer, and not have his mind distracted with other things: upon which account it is highly necessary, that the people to whom he ministers should take care, that a sufficient provision be made for him; that he may live without any anxious care and thought about such things, and his mind be more intent about the work he is called unto: and which is what our Lord chiefly designs by all this, who has ordained that they that preach the Gospel, should be comfortably provided for, and live of it; and which, as it makes for the peace of their minds that minister, it issues in the advantage of those who are ministered to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See these verses fully explained in the notes at Matthew 10:9-15. In Matthew 10:5 they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for the “Gentiles,” and the direction might create unnecessary difficulty or offence. Perhaps he omits it also because the command was given for a temporary purpose, and was not in force at the time of his writing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 6:9. Shod with sandals — The sandal seems to have been similar to the Roman solea, which covered only the sole of the foot, and was fastened about the foot and ankle with straps. The sandal was originally a part of the woman's dress; ancient authors represent them as worn only by women. In Matthew 10:10, the disciples are commanded to take no shoes, υποδηματα, which word is nearly of the same import with σανδαλια, sandals; but, as our Lord intimates to them that they should be free from all useless incumbrances, that they might fulfil his orders with the utmost diligence and despatch, so we may suppose that the sandal was a lighter kind of wear than the shoe: and indeed the word sandal, which is mere Chaldee, סנדל might be properly translated a light shoe; as it is compounded of סין sin, a shoe, (see Targum, Deuteronomy 25:9-10,) and דל dal, thin, slender, or mean, as being made, not only lighter than the hypodema or shoe, but (probably) also of meaner materials. See many excellent observations on this subject in Martinius's Etymolog. Lexicon, under the word Sandalium.


 
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