Luke 12:49
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Not Peace, but Division
12:49“I have come128 to bring129 fire on the earth—and how I wish it were already kindled!
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- 128 This mission statement, “I have come to bring fire on the earth,” looks to the purging and division Jesus causes: See Luke 3:9, 17; 9:54; 17:29 for fire, 5:32; 7:34; 9:58; 12:51 for the topic of mission.
- 129 Grk “cast.” For βάλλω (ballō) in the sense of causing a state or condition, see L&N 13.14.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!
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NLTNew Living Translation
“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!
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KJV 1900King James Version
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
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