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* [22:38] It is enough!: the farewell discourse ends abruptly with these words of Jesus spoken to the disciples when they take literally what was intended as gurative language about being prepared to face the world’s hostility.
* [22:43–44] These verses, though very ancient, were probably not part of the original text of Luke. They are absent from the oldest papyrus manuscripts of Luke and from manuscripts of wide geographical distribution.
* [22:51] And healed him: only Luke recounts this healing of the injured servant.
x. [22:37] Is 53:12.
y. [22:39–46] Mt 26:30, 36–46; Mk 14:26, 32–42;
Jn 18:1–2.
z. [22:40] 22:46.
a. [22:41] Heb 5:7–8.
b. [22:42] Mt 6:10.
c. [22:46] 22:40.
d. [22:47–53] Mt 26:47–56; Mk 14:43–50; Jn 18:3–4.
e. [22:49] 22:36.
f. [22:50] Jn 18:26.
g. [22:52] 22:37.
h. [22:53] 19:47; 21:37; Jn 7:30; 8:20; Col 1:13.
i. [22:54–62] Mt 26:57–58, 69–75;
Mk 14:53–54, 66–72; Jn 18:12–18, 25–27.
j. [22:54] 22:33.
LUKE 
now one who has a money bag should take it, and likewise a sack, and one who does not have a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. 37For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, namely, ‘He was counted among the wicked’; and indeed what is written about me is coming to fulfillment.”x 38Then they said, “Lord, look, there are two swords here.” But he replied, “It is enough!”*
The Agony in the Garden.y 39Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40When he arrived at the place he said to them, “Pray that you may not undergo the test.”z 41After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed,a 42saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.”b *[43And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. 44He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.] 45When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. 46He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test.”c
The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus.d 47While he was still speaking, a crowd approached and in front was one of the Twelve, a man named Judas. He went up to Jesus to kiss him. 48Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” 49His disciples realized what was about to happen, and they asked, “Lord, shall we strike with a sword?”e 50And one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.f 51* But Jesus said in reply, “Stop, no more of this!” Then he touched the servant’s ear and healed him. 52And Jesus said to the chief priests and temple guards and
elders who had come for him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?g 53Day after day I was with you in the temple area, and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness.”h
Peter’s Denial of Jesus. 54i After arresting him they led him away and took him into the house of the high
22:35
In Luke 10 Jesus sent the seventy-two without money, sack, or even an extra pair of sandals. Here, he says the opposite, telling them that from now on they will need not only supplies, but weapons as well. The disciples take him literally, but miss the deeper meaning of his words, which is that their message will not always be welcome, and they must be prepared for the spiritual battles that lie ahead.
22:51
At the arrest of Jesus, one of the disciples tries to defend him with violence, attacking one of the men and cutting o his ear. In stopping this violence and healing the man’s ear on the spot, Jesus decisively chooses the way of nonviolence, healing in place of hurt.
The kiss of Judas,
by Giotto di Bondone (1270-1337).
Jesus surrenders to his enemies, trusting that God is in control.
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