Luke 12:51

Luke 12:51 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
• New International Version (NIV)Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.

Context of Luke 12:51

49“I have come to bring fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled! 50I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished! Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. 53They 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.”

Luke 12:51 word by word

δοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι ἐν τῇ γῇ; οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ διαμερισμόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Suppose yeδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• I am comeπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• earthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• Nayοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• ratherἤē · orG2228
• divisionδιαμερισμόςdiamerismos · divisionG1267

Cross-references for Luke 12:51

• Luke 12:49“I have come to bring fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled!
• Zechariah 11:7So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one “Pleasantness” and the other “Binders,” and I tended the flock.
• Matthew 10:34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.
• Matthew 24:7For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Commentaries on Luke 12:51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51To give peace - See Matthew 10:34.Read the comment
• 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. 51-53No, I tell you, but division: The ministry of Jesus demands a decision for or against God that divides even family members.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