When the Lord Jesus
sent seventy-two disciples ahead of him two-by-two into the Israelite towns he
intended to visit, he deliberately made his followers just about as vulnerable as it was possible to be.
“Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no
sandals, and greet no one on the road.”
So, no spare tunic. No spare anything, for
that matter; not even a change of clothes, from the sound of it. No backup
sandals when the pair on your feet wore out, which was bound to happen when you
consider the distances involved. No moneybag, so you couldn’t even buy your
next meal.
Lambs among wolves. Pretty much the go-to metaphor for vulnerability and risk.