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“Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
Without reaching any agreement among themselves they began to leave; then Paul made one final statement. “Well did the holy Spirit speak to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah, saying:
Let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.” [
He remained for two full years in his lodgings. He received all who came to him,
