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scrip = that which is written: then a small wallet that holds such a writing. Greek. pera. Only here, Mar_6:8. Luk_9:3; Luk_10:4, and Luk_22:35, Luk_22:36. Not a "purse", because no money: not a "bread bag" because no bread (Luk_9:4. Deissmann quotes an Inscription at Kefr-Hauar, in Syria, in which a slave of a temple, "sent by the lady" on a begging expedition, brought back each journey seventy bags (pera) of money which he had collected. The Lord means they were not to beg.
shoes = sandals (i.e. not a spare pair).
Staves = a staff (for walking), not clubs. See note on Mat_26:47.
meat. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for all kinds of food.