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36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
"There has been much difficulty in understanding why Jesus directed his disciples to arm themselves, as if it was his purpose to make a defense. It is certain that the spirit of his religion is against the use of the sword, and that it was not his purpose to defend himself against Judas. But it should be remembered that these directions about the purse, the scrip, and the sword were not made with reference to his "being taken" in the garden, but with reference "to their future life." http://bible.cc/luke/22-36.htm
Come, Jesus.
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Ray 04/26/2012 15:16 |
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John T
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05/02/2012 19:40 |
It is interesting. Many, even the church I grew up in, equate Christianity with pacifism and non-resistance at all costs, a kind of "give the bad guys cookies" approach. Yet, it is also true that the God who is unchanging led the Israelites through many battles, and also promises to send his son Jesus to lead the ultimate battle in Revelation! Yet he also commands us to if possible, live at peace with one another. The gospel can certainly be an interesting thing!
Peace, yes peace! And joy :-)
Blessings,
John
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Ray
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05/03/2012 00:50 |
They must now in some degree suffer with their Master; and, when he is gone, they must expect to suffer like him. The servant is not better than his Lord. [1.] They must not now expect that their friends would be so kind and generous to them as they had been; and therefore, He that has a purse, let him take it, for he may have occasion for it, and for all the good husbandry he can use. [2.] They must now expect that their enemies would be more fierce upon them than they had been, and they would need magazines as well as stores: He that has no sword wherewith to defend himself against robbers and assassins (2 Co. 11:26 ) will find a great want of it, and will be ready to wish, some time or other, that he had sold his garment and bought one. This is intended only to show that the times would be very perilous, so that no man would think himself safe if he had not a sword by his side. But the sword of the Spirit is the sword which the disciples of Christ must furnish themselves with. Christ having suffered for us, we must arm ourselves with the same mind (1 Peter. 4:1 ), arm ourselves with an expectation of trouble, that it may not be a surprise to us, and with a holy resignation to the will of God in it, that there may be no opposition in us to it: and then we are better prepared than if we had sold a coat to buy a sword. The disciples hereupon enquire what strength they had, and find they had among them two swords (v. 38), of which one was Peter’s. The Galileans generally travelled with swords. Christ wore none himself, but he was not against his disciples’ wearing them. But he intimates how little he would have them depend upon this when he saith, It is enough, which some think is spoken ironically: "Two swords among twelve men! you are bravely armed indeed when our enemies are now coming out against us in great multitudes, and every one with a sword!’’ Yet two swords are sufficient for those who need none, having God himself to be the shield of their help and the sword of their excellency, Deu. 33:29.
http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/luke/22.html?p=8
The gospel can certainly be an interesting thing, indeed. I've read this many times and never heard this sentence. The word is not a rule book, it is alive.
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