Luke 12:49 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Luke 12:49 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Matthew 3:10-12
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. …
Luke 12:51-52
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: …
Malachi 3:2-3
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: …
Joel 2:30-31
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. …

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 41-53)

Here is, I. Peter’s question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luke 12:41): “ Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?” Peter was now, as often, spokesman for the disciples. We have reason to bless God that there ar…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 49)

49-53. 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” [Olshau…