Lord, behold, here are two swords (κυριε ιδου μαχαιρα ωδε δυο). They took his words literally. And before this very night is over …

Are two swords. The Galileans, it is said, often went armed. The Essenes did so also. The reason was that the country was full of robbers …

Behold, here are two swords.—Peter, we find, had one (John 18:10); we can only conjecture who had the other. …

Strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Pete…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Our Lord had foretold to Peter that he would deny Him, namely, at the time of His arrest. But having …

This short passage is difficult to interpret, with two problems in particular: (1) the problem of Jesus’ apparent support for using weapons, which …

Lord, look, here are two swords. It was truly shameful and stupid ignorance that the disciples, after having been so often informed about …

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords
That is, the disciples said so, as the Persic version expresses it; …

How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…