Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke 12:51 in other translations
| BSB | Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. |
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| WEB | Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. |
| ASV | Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: |
| YLT | ‘Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; |
| DARBY | Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division: |
| BBE | Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division: |
| Webster | Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division: |
What does Luke 12:51 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:49-53
49-53. to send--cast. fire--"the higher spiritual element of life which Jesus came to introduce into this earth (compare Mt 3:11), with reference to its mighty effects in quickening all that is akin to it and destroying all that is opposed. To cause this element of life to take up its abode on earth, and wholly to pervade human hearts with its warmth, was the lofty destiny of the Redeemer" [Olshausen: so Calvin…
Barnes' Notes
Verse 51.
(u) "ye that I am come" Mt 10:34
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:41-53
All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable…
Luke 12:51 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 12:51
- Matthew 10:34-36
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 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. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
- Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Matthew 24:7-10
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- Zechariah 11:10-11
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
- Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- Zechariah 11:7-8
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Context
- Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- Luke 12:52
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luke 12:51 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Pensáis que he venido á la tierra á dar paz? No, os digo; mas disensión. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pensez-vous que je sois venu donner la paix sur la terre? Non, vous dis-je; mais plutôt la division. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denket ihr, daß ich gekommen sei, Frieden auf der Erde zu geben? Nein, sage ich euch, sondern vielmehr Entzweiung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Putatis quia pacem veni dare in terram? non, dico vobis, sed separationem: |