Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
KJV
δοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι ἐν τῇ γῇ; οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἢ διαμερισμόν.
Greek NT
Putatis quia pacem veni dare in terram ? non, dico vobis, sed separationem :
Vulgate
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
ASV
Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διαμερισμός
diamerismos
noun · 1×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐχί
ouchi
particle · 53×
παραγίνομαι
paraginomai
verb · 38×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- John 7:43 — So there was a division among the people because of him.
- Luke 12:49 — I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Luke 12:49 — I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Matt 10:21 — And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matt 10:34 — Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- Matt 24:7 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
- Song 1:6 — Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
- Zech 11:10 — And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.