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Except that everyone took them off for washing. —This rendering is very improbable, as the words are simply: “every man his weapon…

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard t…

So neither I, nor my brethren
The nobles and rulers:

We must always watch against spiritual enemies and not expect that our warfare will be over until our work is ended. The word of God is the sword o…