“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.”
Matthew 26:52 (KJV)
Context Reading
50And Jesus said unto him,Friend, wherefore art thou come?Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear. 52Then said Jesus unto him,Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?