Apparently, Jesus wants some to go without forgiveness.
Luke 22:36-38
He said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one. For I tell you, this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted among the lawless’; and indeed what is written about me is being fulfilled.”
They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.”
He replied, “It is enough.”
[Emphasis added.]
Marvin Harris gives us insight into this passage:
“The gospels also indicate that some of the disciples carried swords and were prepared to resist arrest. Just before being taken into custody, Jesus said, ‘He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.’ This prompted the disciples to show him two swords—indicating that at least two of them were not only habitually armed but had kept their swords concealed under their clothes… like dagger men [a common type of assassin at the time].” (Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches, Marvin Harris, 188)
“In Jerusalem, assassinations by dagger men who concealed their weapons inside their garments now had become common. One of their most famous victims was the High Priest Jonathan. In the midst of all the bloodshed, military-messianic contenders appeared again and again.” (Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches, Marvin Harris, 169)
Matthew 10:5-6
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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