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This is the fifth precept of Christ given to His Apostles, i.e. not to possess money. Lapide gives three possible reasons for this: 1) being free of earthly concerns they might rely solely on the providence of God; 2) have all their attention focused on preaching; 3) be an example of simplicity, poverty and contempt of riches, i.e. of an angelic life, that would draw people to them.
"Two tunics" (KJV: "two coats", NABRE: "a second tunic") are supposedly one to wear during travel, and another to put on, when they came to their quarters. [2] Theologian John Gill suggests that "the disciples were not allowed change of raiment, either because superfluous, or too magnificent to appear in, or too troublesome to carry".
Chrysostom: " Also observe that He has not yet endowed them with all gifts; for He has not given them power to discern who is worthy, but bids them seek out; and not only to find out who is worthy, but also not to pass from house to house, saying, And there remain until ye depart out of that city; so they would neither make their entertainer sorrowful, nor themselves incur suspicion of ...
Matthew 10 is the tenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. This chapter opens with Jesus calling some of his disciples and sending them out to preach and heal.
The Antiochan Stater is one possibility for the identity of the coins making up the thirty pieces. A Tyrian shekel, another possibility for the type of coin involved. The word used in Matthew 26:15 (ἀργύρια, argyria) simply means "silver coins", [10] and scholars disagree on the type of coins that would have been used.
[2] Chrysostom : " Behold the greatness of their ministry, behold the dignity of the Apostles. They are not to preach of any thing that can be an object of sense, as Moses and the Prophets did; but things new and unlooked for; those preached earthly goods, but these the kingdom of heaven and all the goods that are there."
[3] Saint Remigius: " The least of these, that is, not a prophet, or a righteous man, but one of these least." [3] Glossa Ordinaria: "Note, that God looks more to the pious mind of the giver, than to the abundance of the thing given." [3] Glossa Ordinaria: "Or, the least are they who have nothing at all in this world, and shall be judges with ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. The New International Version translates the passage as: