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Live by the sword, die by the sword
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thumb|The Arrest of Christ (c. 1500) by the Master of the Evora Altarpiece, showing Jesus intervening after one of the disciples cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas
Live by the sword, die by the sword is a proverb derived from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 26.
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τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀπόστρεψόν σου τὴν μάχαιραν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς· πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀπολοῦνται.
Tunc ait illi Jesus: Converte gladium tuum in locum suum: omnes enim, qui acceperint gladium, gladio peribunt.
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".
Gospel of Matthew 26:52 KJV.
See also
Arrest of Jesus
External links
Category:Sayings of Jesus