Matthew 10:34 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 10:34

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

KJV

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 34) Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth: I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Above, he had said: What I tell you in the dark, say in the light; and what you hear in your ear, preach on the housetops. Now he explains what follows after preaching. By the faith of Christ, the whole world is divided against itself: every household had both unbelievers and believers, and therefore a good war was sent, so that a bad peace would be broken.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Think not that I am come to send peace, etc. - The meaning of this difficult passage will be plain, when we consider the import of the word peace, and the expectation of the Jews. I have already had occasion to remark, (Mat 10:12), that the word שלום shalom, rendered by the Greeks ειρηνη, was used among the Hebrews to express all possible blessings, temporal and spiritual; but especially the former.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses the great head of the church winds up his first charge to those whom he sends forth to make known his Gospel. He declares three great truths, which form a fitting conclusion to the whole discourse. In the first place, he bids us remember that his Gospel will not cause peace and agreement wherever it comes.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μὴ	Mē	Not	G3361 →
νομίσητε	nomisēte	may you think	G3543 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	I came	G2064 →
βαλεῖν	balein	to bring	G906 →
εἰρήνην	eirēnēn	peace	G1515 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν·	gēn	earth;	G1093 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	I came	G2064 →
βαλεῖν	balein	to bring	G906 →
εἰρήνην	eirēnēn	peace	G1515 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
μάχαιραν.	machairan	a sword.	G3162 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
leads to
- Acts 13:50
  The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
- Acts 13:45
  But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 17:5
  The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas,…
- Acts 21:27–30
  When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 14:19
  Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
Through
Acts 14:4
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
leads to
- Acts 28:24
  Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
- Acts 19:9
  But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Acts 14:14
  But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,