Luke 12:53

Luke 12:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
• New International Version (NIV)They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Context of Luke 12:53

51“Do you think I came to bring peace to earth? No! I can guarantee that I came to bring nothing but division. 52From now on a family of five will be divided. Three will be divided against two and two against three. A father will be against his son and a son against his father. A mother will be against her daughter and a daughter against her mother. A mother-in-law will be against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” 54Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you immediately say, ‘There’s going to be a rainstorm,’ and it happens. 55When you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and that’s what happens.

Luke 12:53 word by word

διαμερισθήσονται, πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• shall be dividedδιαμερίζωdiamerizō · to divideG1266
• againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• the daughterθυγάτηρthugatēr · daughterG2364
• the mother in lawπενθεράpenthera · mother-in-lawG3994
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• daughter in lawὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• daughter in lawνύμφηnumphē · brideG3565

Cross-references for Luke 12:53

• Micah 7:6A son treats his father with contempt. A daughter rebels against her mother. A daughter-in-law rebels against her mother-in-law. People’s enemies are the members of their own families.
• Zechariah 13:2“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Matthew 10:21“Brother will hand over brother to death; a father will hand over his child. Children will rebel against their parents and kill them.
• Matthew 24:10Then many will lose faith. They will betray and hate each other.

Commentaries on Luke 12:53

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 51-53Verses 51-53 See the notes at Matthew 10:34-36.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-53Verses 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, and loving; but the effect of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 53Jesus quotes Micah 7:6, which was interpreted by the rabbis as the crisis and persecution that would lead to the Messiah’s coming.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 49-5349-53. 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, Stier, Alford, &c.]. what will I, &c.--an…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings