51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. …
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. …
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. …
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…
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