Discovery BoxLuke 10:4-6 
Context10:4 Do not carry 1 a money bag, 2 a traveler’s bag, 3 or sandals, and greet no one on the road. 4 10:5 Whenever 5 you enter a house, 6 first say, ‘May peace 7 be on this house!’ 10:6 And if a peace-loving person 8 is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. 9
1 sn On the command Do not carry see Luke 9:3. The travel instructions communicate a note of urgency and stand in contrast to philosophical teachers, who often took a bag. There is no ostentation in this ministry.
2 tn Traditionally, “a purse.”
3 tn Or possibly “a beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; BDAG 811 s.v. πήρα).
4 tn Or “no one along the way.”
5 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
6 tn Grk “Into whatever house you enter.” This acts as a distributive, meaning every house they enter; this is expressed more naturally in English as “whenever you enter a house.”
7 sn The statement ‘May peace be on this house!’ is really a benediction, asking for God’s blessing. The requested shalom (peace) is understood as coming from God.
8 tn Grk “a son of peace,” a Hebrew idiom for a person of a certain class or kind, as specified by the following genitive construction (in this case, “of peace”). Such constructions are discussed further in L&N 9.4. Here the expression refers to someone who responds positively to the disciples’ message, like “wisdom’s child” in Luke 7:30.
9 sn The response to these messengers determines how God’s blessing is bestowed – if they are not welcomed with peace, their blessing will return to them. Jesus shows just how important their mission is by this remark.
