LUKE 22:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.”
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 — but now: the change in conditions. Take a purse, a bag, and a sword: the new mission context requires new preparation. The sword instruction is the most challenging: is it literal or metaphorical? The disciples' response (here are two swords) and Jesus' response (it is enough) suggests that two swords for twelve disciples is not a military strategy but a symbolic sufficiency.
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