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If it's Tombstone, it would be having your sixes cocked....I don't believe Jesus is telling his disciples to have their nines cocked and ready to go Tombstone.
It is extremely doubtful that bronze weapons are in view here. Goliath lived one thousand years prior to the events recorded in Luke's Gospel. The bronze swords of the Greeks also would have been outdated by this time.If it's Tombstone, it would be having your sixes cocked....
ISBE entry on "Weapons" lists "machaira" (GK. term used in Luke 22:36) are probably smaller than the other term used in Scripture for sword ("romphaia"). Dictionary of Biblical Languages says the term refers to a short sword or dagger (ISBE says daggers were typically 16 in. or smaller so short swords longer). Term is used 29 times in the NT and can refer to generally a sword or war/fighting (NIDNTTE). I remember reading the Romans typically used short swords but longer swords were in use in by other peoples (Goliath's sword, Greek military) so hard to know if Jesus is really being specific about length or type in this passage.