Why did Jesus need swords and money to die on the cross? ~ Cross reference of Luke 22:36 to Isaiah 53:9
I am lost on this cross reference. Jesus asks his disciples to take swords and cash and tells them to be prepared for what? Fight the enemies with the words so Jesus is not crucified? Use the money to pay off the enemies? Then he makes it clear that none of the above are to happen but that he should die for the sins of all mankind that believe in him. Luke in the NIV version quotes Isaiah 53 passages. So setting aside my confusion, let us see why the passages quoted by Luke are not referring to Jesus. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actua...