Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 10:34
(8) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(8) Civil dissentions follow the preaching of the gospel.
(8) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(8) Civil dissentions follow the preaching of the gospel.
Verse 34. _THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE_, c.] The meaning of this difficult passage will be plain, when we consider the import of the word _peace_, and the _expectation_ of the Jews. I have...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME ... - This is taken from Micah 7:6. Christ did not here mean to say that the object of his coming was to produce discord and contention, for he was the Prince of Peace, Isaiah...
7. THE MESSENGERS OF THE KINGDOM. CHAPTER 10 1. The Twelve Disciples. (Matthew 10:1 .) 2. Their Commission. (Matthew 10:5 .) 3. Persecutions Promised. (Matthew 10:16 .) 4. Words of Encouragement....
THE CHARGE TO THE TWELVE. The section forms the second of five passages into which Mt. col lected the sayings of Jesus. The Markan account (Matthew 6:7) is followed by Luke 9:1, but Luke 10:2 (the Sev...
FURTHER SAYINGS ON PERSECUTION. Matthew 10:24_ a_ would hardly be intelligible to the disciples till after Matthew 16:21; Matthew 10:25_ b_ connects with...
FAMILY FEUDS (Luke 12:51), _cf. Matthew 10:21 supra._ Family and social strife is a portent of the end in apocalyptic literature (_cf._ the mission of Elijah, Malachi 4:5 f.). So the Rabbis interprete...
II. PEACE OR. SWORD. 34. THINK NOT THAT. AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH. These seem like strong words from him whom the prophet called "The Prince of Peace," at whose advent angels sang of peace and...
"Do not think that I came to send peace on earth: I did not come to send peace, but a sword. I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-la...
THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING (Matthew 10:1-4)...
I AM COME. I came. Compare Matthew 10:6, and Matthew 15:24. SEND. cast, as seed. Compare Mark 4:26. EARTH. Greek. _ge._ See App-129. SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), Ap
_not to send peace, but a sword_ The contrast is rather between union and division than between peace and war. The "sifting" of Christ causes division or perplexity, and conflict of opinion, both in t...
Christ's Charge to the Apostles This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church of...
The Church of the Future (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17 25. (3) Consolation the care of the Father, 26 31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33 39. (6) The hosts of...
CHRIST’S CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES This discourse falls naturally into two divisions; of which the first (Matthew 10:5-15) has reference to the immediate present, the second relates rather to the church...
THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE (1) The Apostolic character, 16. (2) Persecution, 17–25. (3) Consolation—the care of the Father, 26–31. (4) The reward, 32. (5) The Christian choice, 33–39. (6) The hosts of...
These verses exhibit beautifully three characteristics of Hebrew poetry, antithesis, climax, refrain. The first four lines μὴ νομίσητε … οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ, which reflect the words of Micah 7:6, indica...
VER 34. "THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH: I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD. 35. FOR I AM COME TO SET A MAN AT VARIANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND...
_JESUS TAUGHT THE APOSTLES HOW TO FIND LIFE MATTHEW 10:34-42:_ The Jews had the belief that outward peace and prosperity would come in the days of the Messiah. Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to...
ΝΟΜΊΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΝΟΜΊΖΩ (G3543) думать, полагать. _Conj._ используется для выражения запрета с ΜΉ (G3361) (GGBB, 469). ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΒΑΛΕΪ́Ν _aor...
DISCOURSE: 1346 THE RULE OF CHRIST’S PROCEDURE IN THE LAST DAY Matthew 10:32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoeve...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME, &C.— "Because the prophets have spoken glorious things of the peace and happiness which shall flourish under the Messiah, whom they have named, for that reason, _the prince o...
SECTION 23 JESUS COMMISSIONS TWELVE APOSTLES TO EVANGELIZE GALILEE IV. JESUS REQUIRES AND REWARDS LOYALTY OF HIS SERVANTS TEXT: 10:32-39 A. THE SUPREME HONOR FOR LOYALTY (10:32) 32. Every one ther...
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH: I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD - strife, discord, co...
23 The mood of the verb is most important here. The Lord is not telling what would but what may occur. His apostles were frail mortals, easily discouraged, so He does no more than hint at a possible f...
MISSION OF THE TWELVE 1. Mission of the Twelve (Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1). This mission was intended partly to prepare the way for visits from Jesus Himself, and partly to train the apostles for their futur...
CHARGE TO THE TWELVE (Mark 6:7 Luke 9:1 : cp. also Luke 10:2, charge to the Seventy). The first eleven vv. of this great charge (Matthew 10:5) represent Christ's words act
LATER CHARGES OF JESUS, REFERRING TO WORK AFTER THE ASCENSION. Matthew 10:16 were probably spoken in Holy Week: see Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12....
THINK NOT, etc.] Christ could not expect that His claim to absolute dominion over the soul of man and all human institutions, would be accepted without a bitter struggle. But knowing such a struggle t...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS CHOOSES 12 MEN AND SENDS THEM AS HIS WORKERS 10:1-4 V1 Jesus called his 12 *disciples to come to him. Then he gave them auth...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE. — Truth appears again in the form of seeming paradox. Christ is “our peace” (Ephesians 2:14), and came to be the one great Peacemaker; and yet the foreseen cons...
CHAPTER 9 The King's Ambassadors - Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 I - THE MISSION. Matthew 9:36 - Matthew 10:1 So far the Kin
The whole foregoing discourse, by its announcements and consolations, implies that dread experiences are in store for the apostles of the faith. To the inexperienced the question might naturally sugge...
μὴ νομίσητε, do not imagine, as you are very likely to do (_cf._ Matthew 5:17). ἦλθον βαλεῖν : the use of the infinitive to express aim is common in Matt., but Christ has here in view result rather th...
_Prophetic picture of future apostolic tribulations_. An interpolation of our evangelist after his manner of grouping _logia_ of kindred import. The greater part of the material is given in other conn...
RECEIVING CHRIST'S REPRESENTATIVES Matthew 10:34-42 In Jesus Christ we acquire a new affinity, stronger than that of family ties. When we enter into the family of God we belong to all His children. T...
As a result of this, the King calls, equips, and sends forth His disciples. No work can be done to extend His Kingdom that is not the direct outcome of His compassion. To men in communion with that co...
I came not to send, &c. That is, dissension and war, in order that the false peace of sinners may be destroyed, and that those who follow me, may differ in morals and affections from the followers of...
HE SENDS OUT THE TWELVE Matthew 9:37-38. _“Then He says to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest, in order that He may send out th...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
So long as God gives Him access to the people, He continues His labour of love. Nevertheless, He was conscious of the iniquity that governed the people, although He did not seek His own glory. Having...
THINK NOT YE THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH,.... The Jews had a notion of great outward peace and prosperity in the days of the Messiah; which was grounded on several prophecies of the Old Test...
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Ver. 34. _Think not that I came to send peace_] Peace is twofold, _temporis et pectoris, _ of country and of co...
_Think not that I am come_, &c. As if he had said, Because the prophets have spoken glorious things of the peace and happiness of the world under the reign of the Messiah, whom they have named, for th...
A SWORD; the effect of my doctrine and teaching will be, not to unite those who confess and those who deny me, but to divide them, even though they belong to the same family. The publication of the go...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO SEND PEACE ON EARTH. I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD....
The result of such uncompromising demands:...
When He instructs us to pray, He fully intends to answer such prayer, as we see now in His sending forth His twelve disciples. It is precious to see Him exercising authority to communicate authority t...
16-42 Our Lord warned his disciples to prepare for persecution. They were to avoid all things which gave advantage to their enemies, all meddling with worldly or political concerns, all appearance of...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 10:35"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I but the separating power when He said, "I came not to send peace, but a word."[50] Tertullian Against Marcion Book III This sword the Lord Himself came to send on e...
Matthew 10:34 not G3361 think G3543 (G5661) that G3754 came G2064 (G5627) bring G906 (G5629) peace...
“Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword.” These remarkable words appear to set at nought what has He has previously taught, and yet deliberately so,...
WHAT WILL RESULT FROM HIS COMING, AND WHAT HE REQUIRES OF THOSE WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIM (10:34-42). As Jesus comes to the end of His instructions He wants His disciples to be aware of the waves that they...
Matthew 10:34. THINK NOT, as you naturally might. TO SEND (lit, ‘cast') PEACE ON THE EARTH. The immediate result (and purpose, too, since with God and Christ results are all purposes) was not peace,...
Peculiar to Matthew, though some of the sayings occur in the other Gospels. As such trials and emergencies did not occur on this journey, some suppose this part of the discourse was uttered at a later...
I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT A SWORD (ουκ ηλθον βαλειν ειρηνην, αλλα μαχαιραν). A bold and dramatic climax. The aorist infinitive means a sudden hurling of the sword where peace was expected. Chris...
PEACE Compare (John 14:27). Peace is spoken of in Scripture in three ways: (1) "Peace with God"; (Romans 5:1); this is the work of Christ into which the individual enters by faith; (Ephesians 2:14)...
Our Lord had been sending forth his twelve apostles to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and to work miracles in his name. Having given them their commission, he warned them of the treatment they must...
Matthew 10:1. _And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease._ They...
CONTENTS: The twelve instructed and sent out. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas. CONCLUSION: The ca...
Matthew 10:1. _He called to him his twelve disciples._ Jesus chose twelve that they might sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:30. And that they might be the twelve foundations...
DO NOT THINK. To bring peace, evil must be defeated. Therefore, to preach purity and peace brings the opposition of evil. While Christ is the great "peacemaker," yet his coming would bring great strug...
_Think not that I am come to send peace._ I. Why it might naturally be supposed that Christ did come for the express purpose of sending peace on earth. Consider the way in which His kingdom was usher...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:34 SWORD is a metaphor for the separation that will occur between those who believe in Christ and those who do not. Jesus’ own family opposed him before they recognized his...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 10:1 The Authoritative Mission of the Messiah’s Messengers. This is Jesus’ second major teaching (see Introduction: Key Themes). It focuses on the disciples’ mission to Israel...
CHAPTER 10 _And when He had called_, &c. Observe that Christ, out of all His disciples, chose principally twelve, as S. Luke shows more at length (vi. 13.). He chose twelve Apostles that they should b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 10:38. TAKETH NOT HIS CROSS.—By the Roman custom criminals were compelled to bear the cross to the place of execution. The Galilæans would know too well what was meant by “ta...
EXPOSITION For introductory notes to this chapter, see Matthew 9:35. MATTHEW 10:1 Parallel passages: Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1. Th
Shall we turn now in our bibles to the tenth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? In the beginning of the tenth chapter we find Christ sending His disciples out, telling them to go to the lost sheep of t...
Acts 13:45; Acts 14:2; Acts 14:4; Jeremiah 15:10; John 7:40;...
To send [β α λ ε ι ν]. Lit., to throw or cast. By this word the expectancy of the disciples is dramatically pictured, as if he represented them as eagerly looking up for peace as something to be flung...
THE DISCIPLE AND HIS LORD Matthew 10:24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We thought it well to present seven names by which the children of God are known in the New Testament. 1. THE FIRST NAME WE SHALL MENTION...
Did Jesus come to bring peace or war? PROBLEM: Here Jesus affirms, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” However, elsewhere He is called “the prince of peace” (Isaiah 9:6) who said, “My peace I...
We must distinguish here betwixt the intentional aim of Christ's coming, and the accidental event of it. His intentional aim was to propagate and promote peace in the world; but through the corruption...