Luke 12:51 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 12:51

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

KJV

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ASV

Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

WEB

Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

YLT

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

DBT

Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Matthew 10:34–36
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Matthew 10:21
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Song of Solomon 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Matthew 24:7–10
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

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To cause this element of life to take up its abode on earth, and wholly to pervade human hearts with its warmth, was the lofty destiny of the Redeemer" [OLSHAUSEN: so CALVIN, STIER, ALFORD, &c.]. what will I, &c.--an obscure expression, uttered under deep and half-smothered emotion.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Nay, &c.--the reverse of peace, in the first instance. (See on Mt 10:34-36.) The connection of all this with the foregoing warnings about hypocrisy, covetousness, and watchfulness, is deeply solemn: "My conflict hasten apace;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth - That universal peace will be the immediate effect of my coming? Not so, but quite the contrary. There shall be five in one house, three against two, and two against three - There being an irreconcilable enmity between the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of the world.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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