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Luke 12:51

Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house,.... Which are the five following, mentioned in the next verse; the father and the son, the mother and the daughter, and her daughter-in-law, or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 12:41-53

Here is, I. Peter's question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luk 12:41): "Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Suppose ye as they were far too much inclined to suppose, Luk 19:11

that I am come to give peace on earth It is only in His ultimate kingdom that Christ will be fully the Prince of Peace, as was…

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