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Matthew 10:34 KJV
Matthew · chapter 10 · verse 34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.Matthew 10:34 · King James Version
Matthew 10:34 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Thinknomizōto hold by custom or usage, own as a custom or usage, to follow a custom or usage, it is…G3543 →
- peaceeirēnēa state of national tranquillity, exemption from the rage and havoc of war, peace between…G1515 →
- 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 →
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All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ's ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are directed also how to bear them, and how to go on with their work in the midst of them. This part of the sermon looks further than to their present mission;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-42