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Put up again thy sword (αποστρεψον την μαχαιραν σου). Turn back thy sword into its place. It was a stern rebuke for Peter who had …

Thy sword into his place. Into the sheath.
For all they that take the sword, etc. This passage is capable of different mea…

All they that take the sword — St. Matthew’s record is here the fullest. St. Mark reports none of the words. St. Luke giv…

A good man’s hand is never more out of place than when it is on the sword-hilt, yet there is always a tendency, even among Christians, to draw the …

St. John Chrysostom: As Luke relates, the Lord had said to His disciples at supper, “He that hath a purse, let him take it…

Peter’s response is scarcely unexpected, especially in the light of his earlier protest of loyalty (vv.33–35). The crucial test of loyalty had arri…

Put your sword again into its place. By these words, Christ confirms the precept of the Law, which forbids private individuals to use the …

Then said Jesus to him
That is, to Peter,
put up again your sword into its place ,

No enemies are to be abhorred as much as those profe ed disciples who betray Christ with a ki . God has no need of our services, much le of our sin…

Here, the events preparatory to the Pa ion were related, namely, the institution of the Sacrament and Christ’s prayer. Here, however, the Evangelis…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson