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Do not imagine 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 am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said:
So, as they disagreed among themselves, they began to disperse, Paul adding only--"True, indeed, was the declaration made by the Holy Spirit, through the Prophet Isaiah to your ancestors--
Understand, then, that this Salvation of God was sent for the Gentiles; and they will listen."
For two whole years Paul stayed in a house which he rented for himself, welcoming all who came to see him,