Correspondence: Luke 22:36;1 Thess. 5:2; Isa. 53; Matt. 11:16-19

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Ans. In verse 35 it was a shepherd's bag or pocket where things needed by the way were carried.
In verse 36 purse and scrip and sword are figurative for faith's resources in God through Christ. When He was with them as their Messiah, He cared for them so that they lacked nothing. Now each one would need to exercise faith for himself. Phil. 4:1919But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) gives us a full purse, or bank on which to draw. The Shepherd's bag has in it our immediate needs. (Psa. 23:11<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1).) Our sword is the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. It has done its work in our souls, humbling and teaching us, and giving us deliverance from the power of the enemy. And now we can use it for the comfort and blessing of others in the measure in which we ourselves have been blest. (2 Cor. 1:3, 4, 5, 63Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:3‑6).)
They (the disciples) said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." They took it literally. Jesus answered, "It is enough," as much as to say, "You do not understand Me yet.”
Ans. It is the day of the Lord, when He comes to assert His authority, and take the Kingdom. We appear with Him. It is when He comes as a thief in the night, an unwelcome and unlooked for visitor to the wicked. (Isa. 2:10-1210Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: (Isaiah 2:10‑12); Joel 2:1, 2, 28-321Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. (Joel 2:1‑2)
28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2:28‑32).)
Ques. On Isa. 53.
Ans. "He is despised and rejected (or left alone) of men." The believer now may share His rejection.
Ques. By H. A. C.
Ans. Matt. 11:16-1916But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. (Matthew 11:16‑19). John came calling Israel to repent, and on this ground wait for the Messiah. He mourned over their sins: but they did not lament. Jesus came in grace to ruined men, but they said "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them." He spoke good news, piped unto them, but they did not dance. There was no response in their souls to God's call, But wisdom is justified of her children; they condemned themselves, and God justified them. The Pharisees justified themselves, and called the Savior a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. Truly He was, and is, the sinner's Friend! What would we have been without Him?