Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 22:38

"And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough." — Luke 22:38 (ASV)

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

A smile must have passed over the Saviour's face as he saw how egregiously they had misunderstood him. He did not mean that they should literally carry swords, but that they should now have to go through an alien world, and to meet with no friends or helpers. He evidently did not mean that they were to defend him with the sword, for two such weapons would not have been "enough" against the Roman legionaries who were sent to seize him. How apt they were to misconstrue, and take literally that which he was accustomed to speak in figures, just as, to this day, some will have it that the bread on the communion table is Christ's body and the juice of the vine is his blood.