Matthew 10:34
Thynke not that I am come to sende peace into the erth. I came not to send peace but a swearde.
Tyndale New Testament
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 whoso ever shall denye me before men hym will I also denye before my father which is in heven.
Cross References
Luke 12:49I am come to sende fyre on erth: and what is my dysyre but that it were all redy kyndled?
Acts 13:45When the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst those thinges which were spoken of Paul spekinge agaynst it and raylinge on it.
Acts 14:4The people of the cyte were devided: and parte helde with the Iewes and parte with the Apostles.
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 →