I come like a sword to seperate the fathers from the sons.
And secondly, does this sound like peaceful unification to you?
2006-07-06 10:31:14 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I come not to send peace, but a sword.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law agianst her mother in law.
And a mans foes shall be of his own household.
He that loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.
However many of you said it isn't there know less about your bible than this ole athiest. Isn't that a hoot.
For the ones of you who say it doesn't mean what I think it means, explain your reasoning, not to me, but you should really understand yourselves better.
2006-07-07 16:27:18 · update #1
Jesus is not tame...man, are people going to be surprised!
2006-07-06 10:37:36 · answer #1 · answered by novalee 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
He doesn't use those exact words, but he says something like that in Matthew somewhere. And I know exactly what he was talking about withoug needing to pick up my Bible at the moment. I've read that passage quite a few times. When you put this statement into context, Jesus is warning the Christians that if they are loyal followers of Christ, they will remain loyal even if their family turns against them for being followers of Christ. I've seen this happen before, too.
The sword he is talking about is symbolic of the Word of God. I'm not sure if this instance of the Word is about the Gospel or the Bible as a whole or Jesus Christ himself (John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God), but it is symbolic of the fact that the cost of following Christ could be that your family might turn against you.
He's not saying that Christians should go home and kill their families with a sword. He's warning Christians that their families might turn against them.
2006-07-06 18:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by bachlava_9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 10:34-36
2006-07-06 17:38:22 · answer #3 · answered by etienne 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
read some of the answers in the biblical questionson on this site to see that very few people really Believe! That (sort of) Quate you just made just means that fathers and sons are not going to believe the same way (as a rule) That the belivers will go unto Him and the non believers Will Not! That does not have anything to do with peace unification! Not all fathers and son have that ,one way or the other believers or nonbelievers.
2006-07-06 17:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by retta 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother ...
-- Matthew 10:34-35 (AV)
he clearly says that he's not here for peace. If you're not subscribing to his spiel, then he's going to "send you to hell", which is a pretty neat trick for a dead man
2006-07-06 17:38:21 · answer #5 · answered by nite_howler71 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 10:34-36. The sword is a metaphor for Truth. The Truth about Jesus, doctrines, and dogma would separate fathers, sons, daughters, mothers, the whole family.
2006-07-06 17:36:15 · answer #6 · answered by enigma21 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you read the passages before and after this particular verse, as well as read the verse correctly from the correct version, you'd know without a doubt that that is not what the Bible says at all. You should be very careful because the Lord says we are not to change one bit of His word. Those words were just my own.
2006-07-06 18:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by Cindy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you must quote the bible, please quote it correctly.
Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
2006-07-06 17:44:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Though the ultimate end of the gospel is peace with God, the immediate result of the gospel is frequently conflict. Conversion to Christ can result in strained family relationships, persecutuion, and even martyrdom. Folowing Christ presupposes a willingness to endure such hardships. Though He is called "Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6), Christ will have no one deluded into thinking that He calls believers to a life devoid of all conflict.
2006-07-06 17:44:25 · answer #9 · answered by Adamray 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in Matthew he says somthing along the lines that fathers will turn against sons and mothers against daughters. But im sure it is in the other Gospels too.
He was referring to the fact that people will be so against Jesus and deny him to such end that people will disown family over it. He didnt mean he wants people to have a good old fashioned brawl over him
2006-07-06 17:35:44 · answer #10 · answered by Dagfinn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the Bible, but not in the exact words you used, see Matthew 10:34.
No.
2006-07-06 17:34:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋