Luke 12:51

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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 10:34-36 .
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. onl...
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. fe...
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 re...
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 .
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 prophesi...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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The strife that the gospel will produce. In different connexions in Mt.
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...
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 Hol...
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,...
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 stra...
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 t...
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 .
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 gosp...
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,"...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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...
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“Do you think that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, No, but rather division.” Having spoken of the fire that He is casting on the e...
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 co...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The dissension caused by the Gospel:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division;
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁵¹ Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Related Commentaries of Luke 12:51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 12:51