Mark Chapter 6 verse 9 Holy Bible
but `to go' shod with sandals: and, `said he', put not on two coats.
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They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
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but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.
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But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
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but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
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but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - But be shod with sandals. This is quite consistent with what St. Matthew says (Matthew 10:9), that they were not to provide themselves with shoes (μηδὲ ὑποδήματα). According to St. Matthew, shoes are forbidden directly; according to St. Mark, they are forbidden by implication, where he says that they were to be shod with sandals. Shoes are here forbidden which cover the whole foot, not sandals which only protect the soles of the feet lest they should be injured by the rocky ground. The soil of Judaea was rocky and rough, and the climate hot. The sandals therefore protected the soles of the feet, and yet, being open above, kept the feet more cool, and therefore fit for the journey. It is worthy of our notice that, after our Lord's ascension, we find St. Peter using sandals when the angel, who delivered him out of prison, said to him (Acts 12:8), "Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Be shod with sandals.--The word occurs again in Acts 12:8. It describes obviously the shoes worn by the poor as distinguished from those of the more wealthy class, the sole of leather or wood fastened over the instep by strong leather thongs.
