Matthew 10:34
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 10
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”Matthew 10:34
What Does Matthew 10:34 Mean?
Matthew 10:34 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 10, verse 34 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Matthew 10:34 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 12:49“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”Luke 12:51“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:”Acts 14:4“But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.”Acts 13:45“But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.”Acts 14:2“But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.”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.”John 7:40“Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.”Jeremiah 15:10“Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.”Revelation 6:4“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”Acts 23:7“And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.”Genesis 27:40“And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.”Judges 3:2“Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;”Jeremiah 9:4“Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.”Jeremiah 11:21“Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:”Zechariah 8:10“For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.”Zechariah 11:6“For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”John 10:19“There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.”
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