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Luke 12:49

I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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ASV

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

KJV

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

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ἀνήφθη.anēphthēit be kindled!G381 →

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Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Matthew 3:10–12The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.Malachi 3:2–3But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.Luke 12:51–52Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.Luke 12:51Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.Joel 2:30–31I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.Luke 13:31–33At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”John 12:17–19Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.Luke 19:39–40But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”John 11:8–10“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

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