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Text -- Luke 12:49-59 (NET)
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Not Peace, but Division
12:49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled !
12:50 I have a baptism to undergo , and how distressed I am until it is finished !
12:51 Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth ? No , I tell you , but rather division !
12:52 For from now on there will be five in one household divided , three against two and two against three .
12:53 They will be divided , father against son and son against father , mother against daughter and daughter against mother , mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law .”
Reading the Signs
12:54 Jesus also said to the crowds , “When you see a cloud rising in the west , you say at once , ‘A rainstorm is coming ,’ and it does .
12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing , you say , ‘There will be scorching heat ,’ and there is .
12:56 You hypocrites ! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky , but how can you not know how to interpret the present time ?
Clear the Debts
12:57 “And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right ?
12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate , make an effort to settle with him on the way , so that he will not drag you before the judge , and the judge hand you over to the officer , and the officer throw you into prison .
12:59 I tell you , you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent !”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
Jesus, The Christ |
Strife |
Magistrate |
Wind |
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena |
Hypocrisy |
Fire |
WINDS |
ADVERSARY |
Creditor |
LATIN |
Compromise |
OFFICER |
BAPTISM (LUTHERAN DOCTRINE) |
ACCOMPLISH |
Divisions |
BAPTISM (NON-IMMERSIONIST VIEW) |
Blindness |
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NET Notes: Luk 12:49 Grk “cast.” For βάλλω (ballw) in the sense of causing a state or condition, see L&N 13.14.
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NET Notes: Luk 12:51 Or “hostility.” This term pictures dissension and hostility (BDAG 234 s.v. διαμερισμό ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:53 There is dispute whether this phrase belongs to the end of v. 52 or begins v. 53. Given the shift of object, a connection to v. 53 is slightly preferr...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:54 The term ὄμβρος (ombro") refers to heavy rain, such as in a thunderstorm (L&N 14.12).
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NET Notes: Luk 12:56 Most mss (Ì45 A W Ψ Ë1,13 Ï lat) have a syntax here that reflects a slightly different rhetorical question: “but how do you ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:57 Jesus calls for some personal reflection. However, this unit probably does connect to the previous one – thus the translation of δέ (d...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:58 The officer (πράκτωρ, praktwr) was a civil official who functioned like a bailiff and was in charge of debtor’...
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