“I have come to bring fire to the earth. [Note: This means division within families. See verses 51-53] And how I wish that fire were already started [i.e., so I could complete my mission sooner]!
Luke 12:51 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Do you think that I came to bring [only] peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division instead. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you suppose that I have come to give peace upon earth? No, I say to you, but rather division; American Standard Version (1901) Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Common English Bible Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, I have come instead to bring division. Catholic Public Domain Version Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. |
“I have come to bring fire to the earth. [Note: This means division within families. See verses 51-53] And how I wish that fire were already started [i.e., so I could complete my mission sooner]!
For from now on there will be a household of five persons divided [against one another], three against two and two against three.
{Some ancient manuscripts contain this verse} And when he had said these words, the Jews left, disputing about the matter among themselves.