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Selected Verse: Luke 12:51 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 12:51 |
King James |
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| peace . . . ? Nay, &c.--the reverse of peace, in the first instance. (See on Mat 10:34-36.) The connection of all this with the foregoing warnings about hypocrisy, covetousness, and watchfulness, is deeply solemn: "My conflict hasten apace; Mine over, yours begins; and then, let the servants tread in their Master's steps, uttering their testimony entire and fearless, neither loving nor dreading the world, anticipating awful wrenches of the dearest ties in life, but looking forward, as I do, to the completion of their testimony, when, reaching the haven after the tempest, they shall enter into the joy of their Lord." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes at Mat 10:34-36. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth - That universal peace will be the immediate effect of my coming? Not so, but quite the contrary. Mat 10:34. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| To give peace - See Mat 10:34. |
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.