Luke 12:51
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
In Context
50I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!
Cross References
Matthew 10:34Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →