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"Don`t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn`t come to send peace, but a sword.
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Not Worldly Peace, But a Sword
Commentators explain that Jesus' ultimate goal is true peace, but the immediate effect of His coming into a sinful world is division. The 'sword' is a metaphor for the Gospel's truth, which separates those who accept it from those who reject it. Christ did not come to bring a superficial peace or compromise with evil, but a peace won through conquering wrong.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whosoever therefore shall confess me, etc. The same word, in the original, is translated confess and profess ([Reference…
I came not to send peace, but a sword (ουκ ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην, αλλα μαχαιραν). A bold and dramatic climax. The aorist infinitive…
19th Century
Anglican
Think not that I am come to send peace — Truth appears again in the form of a seeming paradox. Christ is our peace ([Refe…
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Baptist
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
That is to say, the first consequence of Chr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Think not ye that I am come to send peace on earth The Jews had a notion of great outward peace and prosperity in th…
Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave an advantage to their enemies, all meddling with…
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13th Century
Catholic
The Lord instructed the Apostles concerning their office and their necessary means of livelihood; but now He instructs them concerning their immine…
