Luke 22:36-38

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:38

Verse 38 38.Lord, lo, here are two swords. It was truly shameful and stupid ignorance, that the disciples, after having been so often informed about bearing the cross, imagine that they must fight with swords of iron. When they say that they have two swords, it is uncertain whether they mean that they are well prepared against their enemies, or complain that they are ill provided with arms. It is evident, at least, that they were so stupid as not to think of a spiritual enemy. As to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:14-38

The Last Supper. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:24-38

The proper Christian spirit. Through our Lord's faithful dealing the disciples had been led to wholesome selfsuspicion. They cried out at the possibility of a betrayal of the Master, "Lord, is it I?" But no sooner have their minds been relieved through the singling out of Judas than they swing round again to self-confidence and even base ambition. There, at the table of the Lord, in spite of the hallowed associations, they speculate who is to be greatest in the coming kingdom. Jesus has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:31-38

The Lord foretells Simon Peter ' s fall. He tells She disciples of the hard times coming on them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:35-36

And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything. And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. The Lord speaks one more word to his own before leaving the upper room, More occupied with the future trials of his disciples than with his own tragic destiny, which he knew was about to be fulfilled, he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:35-38

Misunderstanding Christ. There is no teacher who has been so well beard, and none that has been so much honored and obeyed, as Jesus Christ. Yet there can have been few who have been so much misunderstood as he has been. We have our attention drawn by the text to— I. CONTEMPORARY MISUNDERSTANDING . 1 . By the apostles themselves. 2 . By his disciples generally. 3 . By his enemies. II. SUBSEQUENT MISUNDERSTANDING . In how many ways has the Church of Christ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:37

For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors . Here he shows them what he meant. They, as disciples of One treated as a malefactor, had surely nothing to expect but hatred and persecution. Stier remarks that this is the first time that the Lord himself directs us to the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah, that most pre-eminent and complete text of the Passion. For the things concerning me have an end. The tragic end... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:38

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. As so often, the disciples took their Master's words with curious literalness, and, as a reply, produced two swords, as if these two poor weapons could help them in the coming times of sore need. If they were to stand firm in the long trial-season which lay before them, they must surely provide themselves with very different weapons to these; their arms in the campaign of the future must be forged in no... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:36

But now - The Saviour says the times are changed. “Before,” he sent them out only for a little time. They were in their own country. Their journeys would be short, and there was no need that they should make preparation for a long absence, or for encountering great dangers. But “now” they were to go into the wide world, among strangers, trials, dangers, and wants. And as the time was near; as he was about to die; as these dangers pressed on, it was proper that they should make provision for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:37

This that is written - See the notes at Isaiah 53:12.Was reckoned among the transgressors - Not reckoned as a transgressor, but “among or with” them - that is, he was treated as transgressors are. He was put to death in their company, and as he “would have been” if he had been a transgressor. He was innocent, holy, harmless, and undefiled, Hebrews 7:26. God knew this always, and could not “think” of him, or make him “to be” otherwise than he was; yet it pleased him to bruise him, and to give... read more

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