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Luke 12:49 KJV
Luke · chapter 12 · verse 49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?Luke 12:49 · King James Version
Luke 12:49 in context
47And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
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Key words (Strong's)
- alreadyēdēnow, alreadyG2235 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- sendballōto throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls, to scatter, to throw, cast…G906 →
- firepyrfireG4442 →
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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 ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?" Peter was now,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-53