Matthew 10:34

Do not think that I have come to bring shalom al haaretz (peace on the earth); I have not come to bring shalom but a cherev (sword).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

33But everyone who makes hakhchashah (denial) of me, + 10:33 as Moshiach I also will make hakhchashah (denial) of him before Avi sh'ba'Shomayim.

35For I came to divide a man against his Av, and a bat against her Em, and a kallah (bride) against her chamot (mother-in-law, shviger).

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Cross References

Judges 3:2Only so that the dorot of the Bnei Yisroel might have da'as, to teach them milchamah, such as before knew nothing thereof;

Luke 12:49I came to throw Eish on the earth, and how I wish it was already kindled!

Acts 13:45But when the Yehudim saw the multitudes, they were filled with kinah and were choilek (taking issue) and speaking keneged (against, in opposition to) the things being spoken by Rav Sha'ul, and they were committing Chillul Hashem.

Acts 14:4And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the + 14:4 Ac 14:2 [disobedient] Yehudim but, others, with the Moshiachʼs Shluchim.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42

Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →

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