Matthew 26:52

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

“I do not speak about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

The disciples began looking at one another, perplexed about whom He *spoke.

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.