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Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
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A Necessary Division
Commentators explain that Jesus isn't promoting conflict. Rather, the "division" He mentions is the inevitable result of His truth encountering a world of sin and pride. As John Calvin notes, the Gospel message, which brings peace to believers, often provokes hostility from those who reject it. The division is an effect of the Gospel, not its inherent nature.
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But rather division (αλλ' η διαμερισμον). Peace at any price is not the purpose of Christ. It is a pity for family jars to come, b…
19th Century
Anglican
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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16th Century
Protestant
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 consider it …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth ? &c.] To set up a temporal kingdom, in great pomp, and outward pe…
Presbyterian
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…
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