The Two Swords

35 And he said to them, “When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler’s bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?”[a] And they said, “Nothing.” 36 And he said to them, “But now the one who has a money bag must take it,[b] and likewise a traveler’s bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this that is written must be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was counted with the criminals.’[c] For indeed, what is written[d] about me is being fulfilled.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:35 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by “did you
  2. Luke 22:36 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 22:37 A quotation from Isa 53:12
  4. Luke 22:37 The phrase “what is written” is not in the Greek text but is an understood repetition of the similar phrase at the beginning of the verse
  5. Luke 22:37 Literally “is having an end”