“Do not think that I came to bring shalom on the earth; I did not come to bring shalom, but a sword.
“Do you suppose that I have come to bring shalom on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
When they heard these words, some of the crowd said, “This man really is the Prophet.”
So when they disagreed among themselves, they began leaving after Paul had said one last statement: “The Ruach ha-Kodesh rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
Paul remained two whole years in his own rented quarters and continued to welcome all who came to him—
