Luke 12:51
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
American Standard Version
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
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Cross References
Zechariah 11:10And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Matthew 10:34Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is 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 →