AE 840 - Coins and Money

 AE 840 [6]

Jesus said, Now he who has a purse
let him take it,
and likewise a wallet;
but he that has no sword
let him sell his garments and buy one.
(Luke 22:36)

What is meant by these words
is evident from what follows there,
namely, that
"this which was written
must be fulfilled in the Lord"
(Luke 22:3737),
thus that He was to suffer the cross;
and since this must needs distract
the minds of those who were then living,
as well as the minds of the disciples,
and lead them into doubts
respecting the Lord and His kingdom,
and thus into temptations,
and these doubts could be dispelled
only by means of truths,
therefore the Lord says,
"he that has a purse and a wallet let him take them,"
that is, he that possesses truths from the Word,
in which it is foretold
that Christ must suffer such things,
let him take heed not to lose them;
for the purse and the wallet have a similar meaning
as the coins and money in them, namely,
the knowledges of truth and good from the Word.
"But he that hath no sword
let him sell his garments and buy one,"
means let those who have no truths
reject what is their own,
and acquire the truths
with which they may fight against falsities,
"sword" signifying the combat of truth against falsity,
and the destruction of falsity.