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 12:5…

Although the Messiah was to bring peace (cf. 2:14), this was not his only mission, nor, in the political sense, his immediate one.[Reference Isaiah…

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All are to apply to themselves what Christ says in His word and to inquire about it. No one is left so ignorant that they do not know many things t…