The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Why did he tell them to get some swords?

I can't decide what it is Henry is saying! At times, it appears that he seems to indicate that the disciples were to carry BOTH a physical sword as protection AND to be armed with the "Sword of the Spirit", i.e., the Word of God. But he also appears to be saying that the disciples didn't need a physical sword.

The problem I have, as has already been stated elsewhere, is that the text does not allow the sword, which the Lord says the disciples should have, even if it means selling their outer garment to buy, to be spiritualized to mean the Scriptures. The literary form of that passage alone mitigates against doing this.

BTW... Matthew Henry is well-known as one who often spiritualizes the Bible in his Commentary. Thus one needs to read him with discernment!

In His Grace,