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Reflecting on Scripture 2 - Matthew 26:47 - Living by the Sword and Christian Nonviolence

Reflecting on Scripture 2 - Matthew 26:47 - Living by the Sword and Christian Nonviolence

Update: 2025-09-28
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In this episode, I look at Jesus's arrest and his words to Peter, "all who draw the sword will die by the sword," in the context of a culture which increasingly condones the use of force, and sometimes violence to attain one's ends.

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The passage I’ll look at for the next show will be Jesus’s confrontation with the Pharisees about paying taxes to Caesar, found in Matthew 22.

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Reflecting on Scripture 2 - Matthew 26:47 - Living by the Sword and Christian Nonviolence

Reflecting on Scripture 2 - Matthew 26:47 - Living by the Sword and Christian Nonviolence

Dr. Brenton G. Smith