{Lord, behold, here are two swords} (kurie idou machairai
h(9364)e duo). They took his words literally. And before this very
night is over Peter will use one of these very swords to try to
cut off the head of Malchus only to be sternly rebuked by Jesus
( Mr 14:47  Mt 26:51f.  Lu 22:50f.  Joh 18:10f. ). Then Jesus
will say: "For all that take the sword shall perish with the
sword" ( Mt 26:52 ). Clearly Jesus did not mean his language even
about the sword to be pressed too literally. So he said: "It is
enough" (Hikanon estin). It is with sad irony and sorrow that
Jesus thus dismisses the subject. They were in no humour now to
understand the various sides of this complicated problem. Every
preacher and teacher understands this mood, not of impatience,
but of closing the subject for the present.