What did jesus meant in matthew 10:34?

Question

answer my question

Answer 1

not looking it up

Jesus said the old is new again, the kingdom of god is now (back then) and all the "laws" could be summed up in loving yourself and each other and seeing others as worthy of honor and equal to yourself

Answer 2

Matthew 10:34 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

What this means is simple even a child could understand it! First you have to understand the meaning of sword....sword is the word of God! Those who do not live by the word of God, when told the truth, makes them angry, because it cuts them to the soul! He was the truth and they did not accept him then, just as many do not accept him now!

Now if you look closely at this passage you will see that he came at a time when people were taking the law and abusing it...when Jesus came he said he came not to destroy the law but to fullfill it. These people thought what they were doing was what God wanted, but Jesus came to set the record straight! He came bearing the word, he was the word!
In other words What Jesus is doing here is correcting false assumptions about what the Jewish Messiah's mission was. According to Isaiah 9:5-7, the Messiah is described as the "Prince of Peace". The interpreters of the Hebrew Scriptures took that to mean that the Messiah would be the "Prince of Peace" ON EARTH. That, however, was not Jesus' mission. The ultimate goal of the Gospel was, and is, not harmony on earth, but PEACE WITH GOD(Rom.5:1).

Answer 3

Jesus Christ, who, after referring to his union with his heavenly Father, said: “Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword.” (Mt 10:32-40) Jesus’ ministry brought divisions, even within families (Lu 12:51-53), but it was because of his adherence to, and proclamation of, God’s righteous standards and truth. Division resulted because many individuals hardened their hearts against these truths while others accepted them. (Joh 8:40, 44-47; 15:22-25; 17:14) This was unavoidable if the divine principles were to be upheld; but the blame lay with the rejecters of what was right.

Jesus did not deliberately set out to divide families. But the good news sometimes had that effect. The same is true of God’s servants today. When we visit families, it is not our intention to introduce a divisive factor. It is our desire that everyone embrace the good news. Therefore, we try to approach all members of a family in a kind, sympathetic way that makes our message appealing to those “rightly disposed for everlasting life.”—Acts 13:48.

Because those who have known the truth changes to the person who finds it and the family sometimes do not understand why would a person put God first as priority.

Answer 4

Matthew 10:34 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

The earth was created by God. The earth is his vineyard...his fruits are the man he created. Unfortunately his vineyard is full of weeds. He comes with a sword to clean it up. If you are a believer then you have no need to fear his sword. If you are a non-beleiver and refuse to beleive then you are a weed and woe unto you....for you are going to get cut down and discarded.

Answer 5

Jesus knew that there will be conflicts in people's mind since he was The end of the law, Romans 10:4, Therefore he did not come to bring peace but God's word, & the word is shaper than a two-edge sword,

Answer 6

Though the ultimate end of the gospel is peace with God (John 14:27; Romans 8:6), the immediate result of the gospel is frequently conflict. Conversion to Christ can result in strained family relationships (vv. 35, 36), persecution, and even martyrdom. Following Christ presupposes a willingness to endure such hardships (vv. 32, 33, 37–39). 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.

Answer 7

The holy spirit will bring conflict on those who simply want to reject Christ and there are people out there who will. Some of those people might even be people you know (and some may live with you) He is of peace, but he knows that he will not bring peace to the one who don't believe or will be offended by ones who do believe. Conflict will be between people who accept Christ (christians or his disciples) and people who reject Christ (antichrist or atheist). These people may even be in the same family. Christ is then telling his disciples to lay down their life for him, whether it ends up leaving family.

Answer 8

He kind of explains it in the following verses:

10:35 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.
10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.


He is saying instead of peace and harmony among mankind, following Christ will set the believer at odds with the unbelieving world, and the result will be a more divided world than before He came. And this is what we see today.

And it's not a bad thing. We SHOULD divide ourselves from the evil in the world and set ourselves against it. Not against the people themselves you understand, but against the world system and sinful practices that are widely accepted from culture to culture.

A Christian should not compromise in order to "get along" with the world or "not rock the boat." Once a follower of Christ, we are no longer of the world - it is enemy territory and we are behind enemy lines, trying to rescue out of it those who are still captive.

Answer 9

it is 10 34 and 20 seconds beep beep beeep

Answer 10

I'm not being sarcastic here. But I think it is very clear, just look at YA. If ever people were at one another's throats just look here. The teachings of Christ divide people, even of the same family, over righteousness, and whether to belong to God or not.