Luke 12:51
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 12
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:”Luke 12:51
What Does Luke 12:51 Mean?
Luke 12:51 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 12, verse 51 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Luke 12:51 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 10:34“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”Luke 12:49“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”Matthew 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.”Song of Solomon 1:6“Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.”Zechariah 11:10“And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.”Matthew 24:7“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”Zechariah 11:14“Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.”John 7:43“So there was a division among the people because of him.”Luke 21:31“So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.”John 10:19“There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.”Acts 14:4“But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.”Acts 17:13“But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.”Acts 19:9“But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”Zechariah 11:7“And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.”
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