Luke 22:36

Luke 22:36. Therefore, i.e., in consequence of their reply.

Let him take it. The precise word used in the prohibition of chap. Luke 9:3.

He that hath not, i.e., purse or wallet, let him sell his cloke (‘outer garment'), necessary as that is, and buy a sword, which is now more indispensable than clothing. One who had not a sword, might still have a purse, and thus not be obliged to sell his garment; a point overlooked by the rendering of the E. V. This is not to be taken literally, nor yet allegorically, as though the purse, wallet, and sword had each a spiritual signification; but the whole is a figurative setting forth of the fact that henceforth self-defence would be their chief necessity, in view of the outward perils which would come upon them. This opposes the non-resistant theory of the Quakers, and also the view, that force can be used aggressively in the cause of Christ; self-defence alone is in question.