Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
KJV
Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν.
Greek NT
Nolite arbitrari quia pacem venerim mittere in terram : non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium :
Vulgate
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
ASV
Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
μάχαιρα
machaira
noun · 29×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νομίζω
nomizo
verb · 15×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Texts of Holy Scripture used by these heretics to support their opinions. 1. Such, then, is the account they give of what took place within the Pleroma; such the calamities that flowed from the passion which seized upon the æon who has been named, and who was within a little of perishing by being absorbed in the universal substance, through her inquisitive searching after the F…
2. Wherefore neither with this was He satisfied, but unfolds also the very nature of the war, signifying it to be far more grievous even than a civil war; and He says, I have 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. For not friends only, says He, nor fellow citizens, but even kinsme…
1. Those who intend to gain any advantage from what they read, must not pass by even any small portion of the words; and on this account we are bidden to search the Scriptures, because most of the words, although at first sight easy, appear to have in their depth much hidden meaning. For observe of what sort is the present case. Having said these words, It says, He spat on the …
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…
Chapter 21.—Utterances of the Prophet Isaiah Regarding the Resurrection of the Dead and the Retributive Judgment. The prophet Isaiah says, “The dead shall rise again, and all who were in the graves shall rise again; and all who are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew which is from Thee is their health, and the earth of the wicked shall fall.”14131413 Isa. xxvi. 19. All the …
Cross-references
- Acts 13:45 — But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
- Acts 14:2 — But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
- Acts 14:4 — But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Acts 23:7 — And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
- Jer 15:10 — Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth cur
- John 7:40 — Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
- Luke 12:49 — I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
- Luke 12:51 — Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- 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.
- Rev 6:4 — And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great swo