Luke 12:52
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
- KJV
- For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- WEB
- For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- ASV
- for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- DARBY
- for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
- BLB
- For from now there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three.
- ÅB
- For fra nå av skal fem være i strid i ett hus, tre mot to og to mot tre,
- OTB
- Fra nå av vil det være fem i ett hus som er delt, tre mot to og to mot tre.
- B1930
- For fra nu av skal fem være i strid i ett hus, tre mot to og to mot tre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:18–21
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Read in contextActs 14:1–4
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
Read in contextMicah 7:5–6
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Read in contextJohn 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Read in contextActs 28:24
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
Read in contextJohn 10:19–21
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
Read in contextJohn 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Read in contextPsalms 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
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