The discussion of swords at the end of Saturday's passage and in today's passage seems really odd, doesn't it? Why does Jesus do that? He tells his disciples to get swords, but only two. Surely Jesus must have known that two swords were far less than they might need to defend themselves against a group of armed men. And perhaps that was the point: Jesus would not bring his Kingdom at the point of a sword, and he needed his followers to know that directly. Having had swords and then being told not to use them, Jesus establishes those ground rules.