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4io CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
He ordered Peter to put his sword into its sheath,
and gave two reasons for it. The first related to
himself, and amounted to this, that he would make
no opposition, saying: " The cup which my Father
hath given me, shall I not drink ?" The second related to Peter, viz., they who take the sword, shall
perish by the sword ; doubtless meaning that they
who take and use a sword, as Peter had just done,
without lawful authority, and against lawful authority, incur the penalty and risk of perishing by the
sword. This meaning seems to be attached to those
words by the occasion and circumstances which
prompted them. If understood in their unlimited
latitude, they would contradict the experience and
testimony of all ages, it being manifest that many
military men die peaceably in their beds.
The disciples did believe and expect that Jesus had
come to establish a temporal kingdom. "They trusted
that it had been he which should have redeemed
Israel." " They knew not the Scripture, that he must
rise again from the dead; questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean."
Even after his resurrection, they appear to have entertained the same belief and expectation ; for on the
very day he ascended, they asked him : " Lord, wilt
thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel ?"
The order for swords, and the declaration that two
were enough, tended to confirm that belief and expectation, and to inspire a confidence that he who had
commanded the winds and the waves, and had raised
the dead to life, was able, as well as willing, to render
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000437 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 4io CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. He ordered Peter to put his sword into its sheath, and gave two reasons for it. The first related to himself, and amounted to this, that he would make no opposition, saying: " The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink ?" The second related to Peter, viz., they who take the sword, shall perish by the sword ; doubtless meaning that they who take and use a sword, as Peter had just done, without lawful authority, and against lawful authority, incur the penalty and risk of perishing by the sword. This meaning seems to be attached to those words by the occasion and circumstances which prompted them. If understood in their unlimited latitude, they would contradict the experience and testimony of all ages, it being manifest that many military men die peaceably in their beds. The disciples did believe and expect that Jesus had come to establish a temporal kingdom. "They trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel." " They knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead; questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean." Even after his resurrection, they appear to have entertained the same belief and expectation ; for on the very day he ascended, they asked him : " Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel ?" The order for swords, and the declaration that two were enough, tended to confirm that belief and expectation, and to inspire a confidence that he who had commanded the winds and the waves, and had raised the dead to life, was able, as well as willing, to render |
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