AND:
Mat 26:52
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Mat 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Hmm, what do you suppose those twelve legions of angels might do?
And yet here is the ACTUAL reason Jesus said to put away his sword, READY?
Mat 26:54
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Jesus was sent to do the Father's will. To fulfill scripture, not to be King at that time.
12 legions of angels...
that's a lot of angels
| legions of angels | (A legion, [legeon ( legiwñn )] for the Latin legio, from lego, to collect or choose was a particular division or battalion of the Roman army, which at different times contained different numbers. In the time of our Saviour it probably consisted of 6,200 foot and 300 horse, twelve of which would amount to 78,000 men.) Luk 8:30
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2Ki 6:16
And he answered, Fear not: for they that
be with us
are more than they that
be with them.
2Ki 6:17
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain
was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2Th 1:7
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Jde 1:14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
It had nothing to do with Peter having a sword, It was Jesus doing His Father's will.
Was Peter doing God's will?
That is the question.
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