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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Don't take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
Don't carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don't greet anyone along the road.
He also said to them, "When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Not a thing," they said. Then He said to them, "But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn't have a sword should sell his robe 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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As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.
Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share our money"-
Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales- they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Don't take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in 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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Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share our money"-
Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales- they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Don't take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
Don't carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don't greet anyone along the road.
He also said to them, "When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Not a thing," they said. Then He said to them, "But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn't have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.
He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in 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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As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.
"You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share our money"-
He took a bag of money with him and will come home at the time of the full moon."
Instead of perfume there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales- they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?
Don't take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
Don't carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don't greet anyone along the road.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won't grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
He also said to them, "When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Not a thing," they said.
He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the festival," or that he should give something to the poor.