Luke 12:51 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: ”

• Luke 12:51 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 10:34-36 .

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• Luke 12:51 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Signs of the Times. For parallels see below. Jesus is oppressed with the thought of the future till it is accomplished. Luke 12:49 f. Lk. only. Fire is what Jesus has come to cast on the eart...

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• Luke 12:51 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I am come . I became present, as in Acts 21:18 . to give peace. This was the object of His coming ( Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ): but the e. fect of His presence would bring war. He came not t...

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• Luke 12:51 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Luke 12:51 . Do you suppose that I came to send peace on the earth? What Christ has now demanded from his disciples any one of them would reckon it an easy matter to give, if the whole world...

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• Luke 12:51 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: To give peace - See Matthew 10:34 .

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• Luke 12:51 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Suppose ye, &c.— By subduing all the nations of the world into one great monarchy, under the Jews? I tell you nay. There are so many prophesies of the peaceful state of the Messiah's kingdom,...

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• Luke 12:51 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay - `in the first instance, the reverse...

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• Luke 12:51 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Leaven of the Pharisees. The Rich Fool 1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is not unsuitable to th...

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• Luke 12:51 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (51-53) Suppose ye that I am come to give peace? — See Notes on Matthew 10:34-35 . The chief variations are “division” for “sword,” and, in Luke 12:53 , the doubled statement of reciprocated enmi...

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• Luke 12:51 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Great Divider Luke 12:49-59 As Prometheus, in the old Greek fable, brought fire from above in a reed, so Christ brought the fire of the Holy Spirit in the frail lantern of His humanity. But...

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• Luke 12:51 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...

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• Luke 12:51 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (49) I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled? (50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished? (51) Suppose ye th...

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• Luke 12:51 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?.... To set up a temporal kingdom, in great pomp, and outward peace and tranquility? Christ came to make peace with God for men, and to give the Gos...

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• Luke 12:51 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Ver. 51. See Matthew 10:34 .

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• Luke 12:51 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I am come to send fire on earth Our Lord concludes his charge to his disciples with foretelling the divisions that should be occasioned by his gospel. See on Matthew 10:34 . As if he had said, Aft...

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• Luke 12:51 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS (vs.1-12) At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the Pharis...

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• Luke 12:51 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated.       41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?   42 And...

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• Luke 12:51 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 51-53. See Poole on " Matthew 10:34 " , See Poole on " Matthew 10:35 " . Our Saviour in these words doth but pursue the same argument which began Luke 12:49 , to show what would be the cons...

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• Luke 12:51 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Future Will Not All Be Rosy (12:49-53). As Jesus contemplates the thought of the punishments which will be inflicted on the various unfaithful servants, it carries His thought forward on to wh...

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• Luke 12:51 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 12:49 . I am come .—Rather, “I came” (R.V.). The tense refers to the historical fact of the Incarnation. Note in this the consciousness of pre-existence, as also of a heavenl...

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• Luke 12:51 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 12:1 . There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people. The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5 . Power to cast into hell. The Greek is Gehenna, as on...

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• Luke 12:51 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? Strife engendered by the gospel We try to soften this terrible prophecy by our comments. As if we could explain facts which are notorious to ev...

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• Luke 12:51 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 12:1-42 The Lord , after leaving the Pharisee ' s house , speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him , addressing his words principally to his own discip...

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• Luke 12:51 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The dissension caused by the Gospel:

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• Luke 12:51 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Luke 12:49 ; Matthew 10:34-36 ; Matthew 24:7-10 ; Zechariah 11:10 ; Zechariah 11:11 ; Zechariah 11:14 ; Zechariah 11:7 ; Zechariah 11:8

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• Luke 12:51 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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. Matthew 10:34 .

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