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

49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled? 50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I constrained till it shall be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53The 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.

Luke 12:51 word by word

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

• yeδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• comeπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• Nayοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• ratherἤē · orG2228
• divisionδιαμερισμόςdiamerismos · divisionG1267

Cross-references for Luke 12:51

• Luke 12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?
• Zechariah 11:7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took to me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
• Matthew 10:34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
• Matthew 24:7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, 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