Mark 6:8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff, no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts but to wear sandals and not to put on 2 tunics . Jesus commissioned his disciples by imparting in them the authority to cast out demons and sending them out in pairs, he told them they were to carry no bag, no bread, no extra tunic, no money in their money belt, but to put on their sandals and carry a staff. I began to wonder why it was necessary for the disciples to carry a staff with them on the journey. The oxford dictionary describes a staff as a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority. A staff is a symbol of authority and power for example ‘Staff of office’, in Leviticus 26;26 Staff is referred to as supply, a staff is used by shepherds as a weapon to protect the sheep from harm, a staff is also used as a walking stick to support the arms and legs. I began to see the importance of a staff for the d