Luke 22:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Luke 22:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are two swords - The Galileans, it is said, often went armed. The Essenes did so also. The reason was that the country was full of robbers and wild beasts, and it was necessary to carry, in their...
Luke 22:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In these verses (Lk. only) Jesus announces a change of method from that advocated in Luke 9:3 ; Luke 10:4 . Montefiore soundly says Luke 22:35 f. must be considered apart from Luke 22:37 and es...
Luke 22:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

But now , &c. Showing that precepts given when the kingdom was being proclaimed, no longer held good when it had been rejected. no sword . not [money]. Greek. me. App-105. one . a sword.
Luke 22:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Luke 22:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough - These words cannot be well understood...
Luke 22:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lord, behold, here are two swords.— Our Lord's disciples, mistaking his meaning about the swords, replied, they had two: the reason why they had any at all, probably, was, that they might defen...
Luke 22:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. Honest souls! They thought He referred to present defe...
Luke 22:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Treason of Judas. The Last Supper. The Agony in the Garden. Arrest of Jesus. The Jewish Trial 1-6. Conspiracy of the chief priests. Treachery of Judas ( Matthew 26:1-5 ; Matthew 26:14-16 ; Mark...
Luke 22:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold, here are two swords. — Peter, we find, had one ( John 18:10 ); we can only conjecture who had the other. Possibly, Andrew; possibly, one of “the sons of thunder.” It is enough. — Here ag...
Luke 22:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 THE WATCH IN GETHSEMANE. HITHERTO the life of Jesus has been comparatively free from sorrow and from pain. With the exception of the narrow strip of wilderness which fell between the B...
Luke 22:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Drinking the Cup for Others Luke 22:35-46 Our Lord knew to what He was going. All lay naked and open before His eyes. He laid down His life of Himself; but in this supreme act of love He suffer...
Luke 22:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of final things before the Cross. The priests and the devil are seen in coalition. As the end approached, the Master is seen with the shadow of the Cross on Him, desiring to...
Luke 22:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. (8) And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. (9) And they said unto him, Where wi...
Luke 22:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords ,.... That is, the disciples said so, as the Persic version expresses it; for they understood Christ's words literally; and two swords being among the...
Luke 22:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. Ver. 38. It is enough ] q.d. You speak absurdly: I mean not such kind of swords; let me hear no more of...
Luke 22:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TREACHERY OF JUDAS (vs.1-6) As the Passover feast drew near, the chief priests and Pharisees felt hard pressed to find some way of apprehending and killing this "prophet" who was offending t...
Luke 22:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty Predicted. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. ...
Luke 22:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 22:37 "
Luke 22:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is Crucified And Rises Again (22:1-24:53). We now come to the final Section of Luke which is also in the form of a chiasmus (see analysis below). Central in this final chiasmus is the crucif...
Luke 22:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 22:21 . Him that betrayeth .—If the order of events be here given, it is clear that Judas partook of the last supper. Luke 22:22 . Determined .—Fixed by the counsel of God...
Luke 22:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 22:1-2 . Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Dastardly fe...
Luke 22:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 22:1 . The feast of unleavened bread drew nigh. See Matthew 26:2-3 . Luke 22:3 . Then Satan entered into Judas, by divine permission, his reigning sin of covetousness having proved his d...
Luke 22:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 23:1-42 THE LAST PASSOVER . Luke 22:1 , Luke 22:2 Short explanatory introduction. Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is...
Luke 22:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The seriousness of the coming danger:
Luke 22:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 ; 2 Corinthians 10:3 ; 2 Corinthians 10:4 ; Ephesians 6:10-18 ; John 18:36 ; Matthew 26:52-54
Luke 22:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Here are two swords — Many of Galilee carried them when they travelled, to defend themselves against robbers and assassins, who much infested their roads. But did the apostles need to seek such def...

Luke 22:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Luke 22:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 22:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 22:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 22:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 22:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 22:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 22:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 22:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 22:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 22:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 22:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 22:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 22:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 22:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 22:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 22:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 22:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 22:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes