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Matthew 10:34
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
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Matthew 10:34 Context
31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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Translation Details for Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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Wesley's Notes for Matthew 10:34
10:32 Whosoever shall confess me - Publicly acknowledge me for the promised Messiah. But this confession implies the receiving his whole doctrine, #Mark 8:38|, and obeying all his commandments. #Luke 9:26|.
10:33-34 Whosoever shall deny me before men - To which ye will be strongly tempted. For Think not that I am come - That is, think not that universal peace will be the immediate consequence of my coming. Just the contrary. Both public and private divisions will follow, wheresoever my Gospel comes with power. Ye - this is not the design, though it be the event of his coming, through the opposition of devils and men. #Luke 12:51|.
10:36 And the foes of a man - That loves and follows me. #Micah 7:6|.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 10:34
Mt 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth. Christ has to conquer a peace by overcoming the evil that is in the way of peace. Hence, to preach the gospel of purity and peace always arouses the opposition of the evil doer. Evil has to be put down before peace can prevail. Hence, while the great end that Christ proposes is peace, the immediate result of his coming, and of the preaching of the gospel, was opposition and bloodshed. But a sword. The only sword that Christ or his followers use in the conflict is the Sword of the Spirit, but the persecutor has in every age turned upon them the carnal sword. The sword is sent because persecutors use it upon the church.
Thinke not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
- Basic English Bible
Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
- Darby Bible
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- Webster's Bible
Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
- Weymouth Bible
Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
- World English Bible
Nile ye deme, that Y cam to sende pees in to erthe; Y cam not to sende pees, but swerd.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;
- Youngs Literal Bible