Matthew 10:34
“Thinke 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
32Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse mee before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen. 33But whosoeuer shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heauen. 34Thinke 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, & the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36And a mans foes shalbe they of his owne houshold.
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Other Translations for Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- King James Version
"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
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.