[CS-FSLUG] GUNS AND THE FUTURE OF UNITED STATES

[Aaron Lehmann]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 09:08:31PM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 July 2005 7:28 pm, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> > I believe there is a part of the Gospels where he asks if any of his
> > disciples have swords.  Between them, they have one, and he says that is
> > enough.
> >
> > 36 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a
> > bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37It is
> > written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'[b]; and I tell you
> > that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is
> > reaching its fulfillment."
> >
> >     38The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
> >       "That is enough," he replied.
> >
> > Evidently there were two.  I'm not sure what we should gain from that,
> > but there it is.
> 
> Many theologians have said that it means one "sword" is the word, and the 
> other a "real" sword for protection.

That seems a little odd, since wasn't the Word not referred to as a
sword until later?

Aaron Lehmann