Chapter # 6 Paragraph # 2 Study # 2
October 5, 2021
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
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1901 ASV
6:8 and he charged them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse;
6:9 but [to go] shod with sandals: and, [said he], put not on two coats.
6:10 And he said unto them, Wheresoever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence.
6:11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.
6:12 And they went out, and preached that [men] should repent.
6:13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
- I. The Beginning Of Mark's Record Of The "Sending Forth Of The Disciples".
- A. This second part of the first major sub-section of Mark's Gospel is a presentation of the danger that is involved in being a "sent forth disciple": the blindness of "sent forth disciples" in respect to the major obstacle to legitimate representation of Jesus.
- B. This paragraph as the backdrop to the "danger".
- C. Mark's continuing record of Jesus' commission of The Twelve.
- 1. His restrictions upon The Twelve as they "went out...".
- a. Rests upon the verb "paraggello". It is a combination word using the preposition "para" attached to the verb "aggello" (which is, according to the Strong's numbering system, used only in John 20:18 where the meaning is "to insist that..."). As a combination word, it is used in 30 verses in the New Testament, but only in 2 verses of Mark's record. In both of Mark's uses the large thesis is "divine provision" (feeding 4,000 people with seven loaves and a few small fish; 8:4-6). Luke used the word 11 times in Acts and a comparison of 4:18 with 5:28 gives us an adequate sense of its meaning: "insistence" in a "telling" of an unbelievable fact, or in a "commanding" of a certain behavior. In our current text, the addition of the preposition gives us a sense that Jesus' "insistence" is coupled to His "commission".
- b. Consists of ... .
- 1) "bearing nothing upon the road 'except'...". The "nothing" has "exceptions": beginning with a "staff". Luke 9:3 says, "Take nothing ... neither staff, nor bag ... ". This is not a 'contradiction'. The word "staff" has multiple meanings.
- a) Luke's usage is clarified by a comparison of 9:3 to 22:36 where a "staff" is made equivalent to a "sword" (a weapon for protection; Jesus initially forbade such a provision, but now He tells them to obtain such).
- b) Mark's usage is only clarified by grouping those "required things" in 6:8-9 where his "category of things needed for the journey" includes a "staff" for the purpose of taking the journey over paths that sometimes require a "staff" to maintain one's balance while climbing over obstacles in the path.
- 2) "no...".
- a) Bread (for physical sustenance and energy and strength).
- b) Pouch (to carry "provisions" of one kind or another).
- c) Copper into the belt ("provisions" in the form of money).
- 3) "BUT..." (more "exceptions").
- a) Sandals (to protect the feet because walking is the method of "going forth").
- b) A single tunic (as daily clothing), not two (to provide for a night out of the provision of "covering" such as a roof over one's head).
- c) Thus, these "exceptions" are things permitted to make "going forth" possible and the "forbidden" are things that the future might require.
- 4) "AND..." (more requirements).
- a) Stay in the house you first enter for the time you will spend in that village/town.
- b) If the people do not receive you nor listen to you, leave a 'witness' against them as you leave.
