Luke 22:38

So they said, “Lord, behold, there are two swords here.” But he said to them, “It is sufficient.”

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In The King James Version

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

In Context

37For I say to you, that what has been written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was esteemed with the wicked.’ Yet even these things about me have an end.”

39And departing, he went out, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him.

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Cross References

Luke 22:49Then those who were around him, realizing what was about to happen, said to him: “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”

2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.

1 Thessalonians 5:8But we, who are of the daylight, should be sober, being clothed with the breastplate of faith and of charity and having, as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:22-39

The Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty Predicted. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that… Read the whole commentary →

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