Luke 12:51
Suppose ye, that I have come to produce tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
50And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and I am much pressed until it be accomplished.
Cross References
Matthew 10:34Think not that I have come to sow quietness on the earth: I have not come to sow quietness, but conflict.
Luke 12:49I have come to cast fire on the earth; and I would, that it already burned.
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 →