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Verse 49. _I AM COME TO SEND FIRE_] See this subject largely explained
on Matthew 10:34, c. From the connection in which these words stand,
both in this place and in Matthew, it appears as if our Lord...
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I AM, COME ... - The result of my coming will be that there will be
divisions and contentions. He does not mean that he came “for”
that purpose, or that he “sought” and “desired” it; but that
such was...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Warning Against Hypocrisy. (Luke 12:1)_
2. Encouragements. (Luke 12:4)
3. Warning Against Covetousness. (Luke 12:15)
4. Warning Against Anxiety. (Luke 12:22)
5. The Disciples Comf...
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES. For parallels see below. Jesus is oppressed with
the thought of the future till it is accomplished.
LUKE 12:49 F. Lk. only. Fire is what Jesus has come to cast on the
earth (_cf._...
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THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
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I AM COME. Icame, &c.
SEND. Greek. _ballo._ In fourteen out of the eighteen occurrences in
Luke, rendered "cast". See verses: Luke 28:88.
FIRE. See Joel 2:30, &c. Had the nation received Him, _all_...
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Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of
Tolerance._
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called
the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
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CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the
departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey
(probably to the Feast of the...
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VER 49. I AM COME TO SEND FIRE ON THE EARTH, AND WHAT WILL I, IF IT BE
ALREADY KINDLED? 50. BUT I HAVE A BAPTISM TO BE BAPTIZED WITH; AND HOW
AM I STRAIGHTENED TILL IT BE ACCOMPLISHED! 51. SUPPOSE YOU...
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ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 12:36.
ΒΑΛΕΪΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать,
сбрасывать. _Inf._ цели,
ΤΊ ΘΈΛΩ ΕΊ "как Я хочу, чтобы..." (RWP).
ΆΝΉΦΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΆΠΤΩ (G381)...
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I AM COME TO SEND FIRE, &C.— Jesus concluded the charge with
foretelling the divisions which should be occasioned by his gospel: _I
am come to send fire on the earth,_ (see on Matthew 10:34.) _and wha...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Mission of the Son of Man
Scripture_
Luke 12:49-53 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I
desire, if it is already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be
baptize...
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I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
I AM COME TO SEND, [ balein (G906 ), RATHER, 'TO CAST'] FIRE ON THE
EARTH. By "fire" here we are to understand, as O...
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39 As most of the houses in Palestine were built of sun-dried clay, or
adobe, a thief could best effect an entrance by digging his way
through the walls. They literally burrowed their way into a house...
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THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES. THE RICH FOOL
1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and
exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is
not unsuitable to the c...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 12
JESUS WARNS AND ENCOURAGES HIS *DISCIPLES 12:1-12
1 WARNING ABOUT THE FALSE LIVES OF THE *PHARISEES 12:1-3
V1 Thousands of people had gathered. Th...
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I AM COME TO SEND FIRE ON THE EARTH. — There is a strange unique
abruptness in the utterance. We are compelled to assume a pause, a
moment’s thought, as in one whose gaze looks out into the future,
an...
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πῦρ : the fire of a new faith, or religion, a burning enthusiasm
in believers, creating fierce antagonism in unbelievers; deplorable
but inevitable. βαλεῖν, used by Mt. in reference to peace and
war,...
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THE GREAT DIVIDER
Luke 12:49-59
As Prometheus, in the old Greek fable, brought fire from above in a
reed, so Christ brought the fire of the Holy Spirit in the frail
lantern of His humanity. But, fir...
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Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also
against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill
the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...
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(13) I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
(13) The gospel is the only reason of peace between the godly, and so
it is the occasion of great trouble among th...
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I am come to send fire on the earth. By this fire, some understand the
light of the gospel, and the fire of charity and divine love. Others,
the fire of trials and persecutions. (Witham) --- What is t...
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THE FIERY BAPTISM
Luke 12:49-53. _“I came to send fire on the earth, and what do I
wish if it is already kindled?”_ This is none other than the fiery
baptism of Pentecost, which Jesus came to send on...
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4 _th. To the Apostles: Luke 12:41-53_.
Up till now, Jesus had been speaking to all believers; from this
point, on occasion of a question put by Peter, He addresses the
apostles in particular, and re...
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(49) I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be
already kindled? (50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and
how am I straitened till it be accomplished? (51) Suppose ye tha...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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49._I am come to send fire on the earth. _From these concluding words
it may easily be inferred, that this was one of Christ’s latest
discourses, and is not related by Luke at the proper place. But th...
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chapter 12 puts the disciples into this place of testimony by the
power of the Holy Ghost, and with the world opposed to them, after the
Lord's departure. It is the word and the Holy Ghost, instead of...
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I AM COME TO SEND FIRE ON THE EARTH,.... Meaning either the Gospel,
which is as fire, that gives both light and heat, warms the hearts of
God's people, and causes them to burn within them; though very...
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I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already
kindled?
Ver. 49. _To send fire on the earth_] That is, that persecution that
is _evangelii genius, _ guardian of the gospel, as...
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_I am come to send fire on earth_ Our Lord concludes his charge to his
disciples with foretelling the divisions that should be occasioned by
his gospel. See on Matthew 10:34. As if he had said, After...
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TO SEND FIRE; in the same sense in which he came to send a sword.
Matthew 10:34. Fire and sword are emblems of contention, distress, and
ruin: not that this was the object of Christ's coming, or the t...
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I AM COME TO SEND FIRE ON THE EARTH; AND WHAT WILL I, IF IT BE ALREADY
KINDLED?...
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THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS
(vs.1-12)
At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His
disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees,...
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41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and
to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know
many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be...
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OLBGrk;
Some of the ancients here by _fire_ understood the Holy Ghost, or the
preaching of the gospel, with those flames of love and holy affections
which that causeth in the hearts of good people; bu...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV
for me to obey, but Him who remunerates? Your Christ proclaims, "I am
come to send fire on the earth."[1202]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch...
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Luke 12:49 came G2064 (G5627) send G906 (G5629) fire G4442 on G1519
earth G1093 and G2532 how G5101 wish G2309 (G5719) were G1487 G381
already G2235 kindled G381 (G5681)
come - Luke 12:51-52;...
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“I have come to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it was
already kindled.”
Apart from the problem of translating the last part of the verse,
which probably does not affect the meaning of the who...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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I CAME TO CAST FIRE
(Πυρ ηλθον βαλειν). Suddenly Jesus lets the volcano in
his own heart burst forth. The fire was already burning. "Christ came
to set the world on fire, and the conflagration had...
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Luke 12:49
There are three main elements, three ruling and inspiring convictions,
at the root of missionary enthusiasm.
I. Of these, the first is a deep sense of the certainty and importance
of the...
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CONTENTS: Jesus warns of leaven of the Pharisees. Parable of the rich
fool. Parable of the second coming. Parable of the steward and his
servants. Christ, the divider of men.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, disci...
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Luke 12:1. _There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of
people._ The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people.
Luke 12:5. _Power to cast into hell._ The Greek is Gehenna, as on
Isaia...
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I CAME TO SET THE EARTH ON FIRE. Conflict and persecution would be the
effect of preaching the Good News. When Truth is put into the hands of
a man, he MUST decide what to do with it! See notes on Mat...
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_I am come to send fire on the earth_
THE FIRE OF CONTENTION; OR, THE TROUBLE THAT FOLLOWS THE GOSPEL
1.
There may be dissension betwixt the good and the good; and hereof is
the devil the author. I...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:49 CAST FIRE ON THE EARTH probably refers to
the division between believers and unbelievers (vv. Luke 12:51). I
HAVE A BAPTISM. Whereas the “fire” affects the world, this
“baptism...
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CHAPTER 12 VER. 1. _In the mean time when there were gathered together
an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek has "the myriads of the
multitude." A myriad contains exactly ten thousand, and is...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 12:41. THEN PETER SAID.—The high reward promised, rather than
the duty enjoined, was in Peter’s thoughts, and involved a certain
measure of danger against which Christ warns him....
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 12:1
_The Lord_,_ after leaving the Pharisee_'_s house_,_ speaks at great
length to a numerous crowd waiting for him_,_ addressing his words
principally to his own disciples. _The for...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 12.
We are dealing with the final month in the ministry of Jesus. He has
returned to Jerusalem. He will soon be leaving Jerusalem to go down to
th...
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Isaiah 11:4; Joel 2:30; Joel 2:31; John 11:8; John 12:17; John 9:4;
Luke 11:53; Luke 11:54; Luke 13:31; Luke 19:39;...
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Fire. A spiritual impulse which shall result in the divisions
described in the following verses....
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I am come to send fire — To spread the fire of heavenly love over
all the earth....
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Our Saviour in these verses declares what will be the accidental event
and effect, but not the natural tendency, of his religion; so that we
must distinguish between the intentional aim of Christ's co...