Pera denotes a travel bag, mentioned among the provisions disciples are told not to take or later to take.

The attested use concerns a bag as part of travel equipment: it is repeatedly named among items not to be taken on a journey, while Luke 22:36 places it among possessions to take.

1. Travel bag among journey provisions · dominant

   The accusative singular form occurs in instructions about what to take for a journey: in Luke 9:3 the APB renders “Take nothing for the journey, neither staff nor bag nor bread nor money,” and Mark 6:8 similarly lists it with bread and money. Matthew 10:10 and Luke 10:4 likewise place the term among provisions not to be taken, whereas Luke 22:35 recalls being sent out without it and Luke 22:36 directs the person who has one to take it.

   Luke 10:4Luke 22:35Luke 22:36Luke 9:3Mark 6:8Matthew 10:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all six verses, the APB presents the item as “bag” within lists of travel provisions, either withheld or taken. This rendering confirms the verse context rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.