Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. The commission given to the twelve apostles, to preach and work miracles; it is the same which we had more largely, Mt. 10. Mark doth not name them here, as Matthew doth, because he had named them before, when they were first called into fellowship with him, Mar 3:16-19.

Commenting on Mark 6:7-13

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey,.... To accommodate them in it, except those things after directed to: save a staff only; a single one, for staves in the plural number are forbidden; see Gill on Mat 10:10; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse.

Albert Barnes Presbyterian @notesbybarnes

Verses 8-11. and . In , they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for the Gentiles, and the direction might create unnecessary difficulty or offence. Perhaps he omits it also because the command was given for a temporary purpose, and was not in force at tile time of his writing.