Subject: You shall not Murder, then told too?? |
Bible Note: I do not see how you can gather this interpretation from the context. I just went back and re-read it. I seriously doubt Jesus was instructing them to steal those things that they needed, even in the circumstances of little faith. Also, we read in v. 38 that they did indeed produce two swords. Jesus replies, "It is enough." Now, we can discuss whether that was enough for the entire group, or for an individual, because in v. 36, he seems to imply that each individual should have at least one sword. It could be that he considered an extensive "sword collection" as a bit much, but two swords for an individual would be appropriate. Maybe a short one and long one or such. The scripture is not explicit here. |