Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 12:52
There shall be five in one house, three against two, and two against three — There being an irreconcilable enmity between the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of the world.
There shall be five in one house, three against two, and two against three — There being an irreconcilable enmity between the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of the world.
Verse 52. _FIVE IN ONE HOUSE DIVIDED_] See on Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:36....
See the notes at Matthew 10:34....
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. ...
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._...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
Jesus said, "I came to cast fire upon the earth. And what do I wish? Would that it were already kindled! There is an experience through which I must pass; and now I am under tension until it is accomp...
FROM HENCEFORTH. from(Greek. _apo._ App-104.) now: explaining the effect. AGAINST. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Referring to Micah 7:6....
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...
LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK (49–53)...
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...
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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BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Attitudes That Aid Alertness (Luke 12:49-59) 49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!50I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how...
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 baptized...
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. FOR FROM HENCEFORTH THERE SHALL BE FIVE IN ONE HOUSE DIVIDED, THREE AGAINST TWO, AND TWO AGAI...
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...
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 co...
THE STRIFE THAT THE GOSPEL WILL PRODUCE. In different connexions in Mt....
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. T...
(51-53) SUPPOSE YE THAT I AM COME TO GIVE PEACE? — See Notes on Matthew 10:34. The chief variations are “division” for “sword,” and, in Luke 12:53, the doubled statement of reciprocated enmity in each...
_Not peace but division_ (Matthew 10:34-36). This section is introduced by no connecting particle. Yet there is a certain affinity of thought. Strict fidelity demanded under penalties, but fidelity no...
τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν, etc.: three against two and two against three; five in all, not six though three pairs are mentioned, mother and mother-in-law (μήτηρ and πενθερὰ) being the same person. This way of p...
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, firs...
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...
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...
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 rem...
After having thus followed the natural course of the conversation, Jesus returns to the thought from which it had started, the vanity of earthly goods. He shows how this truth directly applies to the...
(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...
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...
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...
FOR FROM HENCEFORTH THERE SHALL BE FIVE IN ONE HOUSE,.... Which are the five following, mentioned in the next verse; the father and the son, the mother and the daughter, and her daughter-in-law, or so...
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. Ver. 52. See Matthew 10:34 ....
_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...
The dissension caused by the Gospel:...
FOR FROM HENCEFORTH THERE SHALL BE FIVE IN ONE HOUSE DIVIDED, THREE AGAINST TWO AND TWO AGAINST THREE....
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,...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 12:51...
Luke 12:52 For G1063 from G575 on G3568 five G4002 in G1722 one G1520 house G3624 be G2071 ...
“For there shall be from now on five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.” Indeed it will even divide families. For from now on houses will be divided. (The dissension appar...
THE FUTURE WILL NOT ALL BE ROSY (12:49-53). As Jesus contemplates the thought of the punishments which will be inflicted on the various unfaithful servants, it carries His thought forward on to what n...
Luke 12:51-53. See on Matthew 10:34-36, which however was probably spoken later than this. DIVISION is equivalent to ‘a sword' (Matthew). This would be the effect of the ‘fire' He would send. His own...
Luke 12:49-53. Having shown the awful difference between the faithful and unfaithful servant, and the great responsibility resting upon His disciples, our Lord points out that the difference begins he...
CONTENTS. A continuation of the discourse. Luke 12:35-48 contain exhortations to _watchfulness;_ the difference between the faithful and unfaithful servant suggests a difficulty in the way of faithful...
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...
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...
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 Isaiah...
NOT PEACE, I TELL YOU, BUT DIVISION. Following Jesus sometimes "tears us loose" from both people and things we love. See note _on_ Matthew 10:34....
_Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?_ STRIFE ENGENDERED BY THE GOSPEL We try to soften this terrible prophecy by our comments. As if we could explain facts which are notorious to every...
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 bapti
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...
_For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three._ Five, that is Father, son, mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, for mother-in-law is the same as...
VER. 42. _And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his household to give them their portion of food in due season?_ Christ replied to Peter that He sp...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 12:49. I AM COME.—Rather, “I came” (R.V.). The tense refers to the historical fact of the Incarnation. Note in this the consciousness of pre-existence, as also of a heavenly orig...
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...
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...
Acts 13:43; Acts 14:1; Acts 28:24; John 10:19; John 15:18;...