Sentences with phrase «to buy a sword»

The real issue I want to address is why Jesus told His disciples to go buy a sword in Luke 22:36.

Jesus, while not explicitly condoning the use of violence in self - defense, implicitly suggests the need to be prepared for it when he tells his disciples to buy a sword if they do not have one, «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.

Jesus told His disciples to buy swords so that He can fulfill this prophecy from Isaiah 53:12.

Far too many Christian see Jesus» instructions to His disciples to go buy a sword as an endorsement by Jesus of gun ownership, and in some cases, an endorsement of violence.

(And please don't point to the cleansing of the temple or Jesus» instruction for the disciples to go buy a sword.)

Jesus wanted His disciples to buy swords so that it will appear to the authorities that He and His band of followers were transgressors!

Well Jesus said in Luke 22:36 for his followers to go buy a sword.

Of course he holds this positon because, not only does he not know that one must sell their cloack to buy a sword, but he does not know that alleged Christian Psebyterians and Puritans were killing Baptists under license of government same as Nazi's Killed their Jewish Countrymen, which means he is propbably not even a Christian as predicted by J. Gresham Machen in 1922 on his Thesis on Protestant Liberalism vs. Christianisty.

Luke had buried them back in his Gospel, and once he had finished copying out the end of Q (at Luke 22:30), he rather explicitly said that the idyllic, unreal world of Jesus has been put behind us, for we must now come to grips with reality, buy a sword, become the church militant, and replace the kind of mission Jesus had advocated and practiced with one like the missionary journeys of Paul.

In the bible Jesus did tell His disciples to go buy a sword.

«sell all that you have and buy a sword» and Peter, his beloved desciple, the rock upon which his ecclesia was to be built had TWO.

Whatever Jesus may have meant when he told his followers to buy swords (see the discussion of Luke 22:35 - 38 in chapter 1), when the sword was actually used, he rebuked the user, healed the wounded man, 1 and said, «Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword» (Matt.

He then went on to quote Jesus» statement in Luke 22:36 where He instructs His disciples to sell their cloak so that they can go buy a sword.

The singular case where Jesus asked His disciples to buy swords was clearly meant to fulfill scriptures and prophecies concerning Him (Jesus) as He even stated in the story in Luke 22:36 - 38

Where I disagree with you is that I do think it is a stretch to draw a conclusion that Jesus commanded the Disciples to buy swords to fulfill prophecy.

But don't ever suppose that Jesus endorses gun ownership because He told His disciples to «go buy a sword.»

There are a couple things to note about this instruction from Jesus which shows us that the instructions of Jesus to His disciples to buy a sword can not in any way be viewed as an endorsement from Jesus of gun ownership.

Immediately after telling His disciples to buy a sword, Jesus gave them the reason why: «For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in me: «And He was numbered with the transgressors»» (Luke 22:37).

Jesus told His disciples to buy swords, not so that they would use them, but as a fulfillment of prophecy so that they would have the appearance of being transgressors.

Jesus spoke to His disciples specifically to buy the swords but I don't see any evidence He was advocating that everyone buy a sword.

First of all, we must recognize that whatever reasons Jesus had for telling His disciples to buy swords, the swords were not to be used for violence.

I often puzzled over Jesus command here to go and buy a sword, and am not entirely convinced by your explanation, Jeremy, though it is certainly more plausible than the acceptance of His instruction as a right to own weapons.

Even so, the message is split between «go and sell all you have and buy a sword» and «turning the other cheek.»

Jesus told his disciples to sell their possessions to buy a sword.

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