Luke 12:49 (WEB)
“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
Catechism · 1
“Jesus will say of the Spirit: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!"” — Catechism footnote: Lk 12:49.
Fathers and councils · 37
Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“For charity is the fire of which it is said, “I am come to send fire on the earth,” [Luke 12:49] which flame coming down on the believers, taught them to speak with various tongues the praise of the Lord.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
“Or else it is meant, that every gift of our victim, which is accompanied by prayer and the assisting of our neighbour, is salted with that divine fire, of which it is said, “I am come to send fire on earth.” [Luke 12:49] Concerning which it is added: “Salt is good;” that is, the fire of love.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“But the wise Archelaus undermined his blasphemous argument by saying, “If the God of the Old Testament, as thou sayest, calls Himself a fire, whose Son is He who saith, I came to send fire on the earth?” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“Because the descent of the Holy Ghost was in fiery tongues; concerning which the Lord says joyfully, I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26Conference XXIV
“…so puffed up by the spirit of presumption as to give forth to you this fire (which the Lord came to send upon the earth, and which He eagerly longs to kindle) in order that by the application of this warmth I might set on fire your purpose which is already at a white heat, but in order that your authority with your…” — editor's note: Cf. S. Luke xii. 49.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The bow is plots; arms, public warfare; shields, vain presuming of self-protection: the fire wherewith they are burned, is that whereof the Lord said, “I am come to send fire on the earth;” of which fire saith the Psalm, “There is nothing hid from the heat thereof.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“He added, “for David himself unto teaching:” that is, are changed not for themselves, but for David himself, and are changed unto teaching.…When therefore would Christ have changed us, unless He had done that which He spake of, “Fire I have come to send into the world”?” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“But concerning the fire of good love the Lord saith, “Fire I have come to send into the world.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“The Lord Himself saith: “I am come to send fire on the earth:” “fire” in the same way as a “sword;” as in another passage He saith, that He was not come to send peace, but a sword, upon earth.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“Hence also the Lord Himself said, “I am come to send fire on the earth.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“For the Lord said that He wished to send fire on the earth.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And our Lord Jesus Christ, being good and a lover of men, came that He might cast this upon earth, and said, ‘And what? would that it were already kindled!’” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” [Matt 20:28] He is Jesse, or ‘burnt’ [ed. note, x: As if from אשׁ], for, “I am come to send fire on earth.” [Luke 12:49] He is David [ed. note, y: And so Jerome], ‘mighty in arm,’ for, “the Lord is great and powerful;” [Ps 24:8] ‘desirable,’ for, “He shall come, the…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Either the Holy Ghost Himself is a fire, as we learn from the Acts, when there sat as it were fire on the tongues of the believers; and thus the word of the Lord was fulfilled who said, “I am come to send fire on the earth, I will that it burn.” [Luke 12:49]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“…cross and follow Me, he is not worthy of Me” ( Matt. x. 38 ); at another, “I am come to send fire upon the earth, and what will I if it be already kindled?” ( Luke xii. 49 ); by both these desiring to represent to us a disciple full of heat and fire, and prepared for every danger.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And how sayest Thou, “I am come to send fire upon the earth, and what have I desired to see, if that be already kindled”? ( Luke xii. 49.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“On this account He said moreover, “I am come to cast fire upon the earth.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Jerome
“And in the gospel the Lord says: “I am come to cast fire upon the earth, and fain am I to see it kindled.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For He Himself said in His Gospel that He came to send fire on the earth and to supply a draught of living waters to those who thirst.” — editor's note: S. Luke xii. 49.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For I know a cleansing fire which Christ came to send upon the earth, and He Himself is anagogically called a Fire.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
Read the whole comment“And let us be aided by the good coals, kindling and purifying our minds from Him That cometh to send fire on the earth, that shall destroy all evil habits, and to hasten its kindling.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Tertullian
“Your Christ proclaims, “I am come to send fire on the earth.”” — editor's note: Luke xii. 49.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
To stewards, that is, to Priests, the preceding words seem to have been addressed, that they may thereby know that hereafter a heavier punishment awaits them, if, intent upon the world’s pleasures, they have…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now it is the way of holy Scripture to use sometimes the term fire, of holy and divine words. For as they who know how to purify gold and silver, destroy the dross by fire, so the Saviour by the teaching of the…
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For by the earth He now means not that which we tread under our feet, but that which was fashioned by His hands, namely, man, upon whom the Lord pours out fire for the consuming of sins, and the renewing of souls.
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
And we must here believe that Christ came down from heaven. For if He had come from earth to earth, He would not say, I came to send fire upon the earth.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But our Lord was hastening the kindling of the fire, and hence it follows, And what will I, save that it be kindleda? (nisi ut accendatur) For already some of the Jews believed, of whom the first were the holy…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Or else, fire is sent upon the earth, when by the fiery breath of the Holy Spirit, the earthly mind has all its carnal desires burnt up, but inflamed with spiritual love, bewails the evil it has done; and so the…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
But He adds, I have a baptism to be baptized with, that is, I have first to be sprinkled with the drops of My own Blood, and then to inflame the hearts of believers by the fire of the Spirit.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
But so great was our Lord’s condescension, that He tells us He has a desire of inspiring us with devotion, of accomplishing perfection in us, and of hastening His passion for us; as it follows, And how am I…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Some manuscripts have, “And how am I anguished,” (coangor) that is, grieved. For though He had in Himself nothing to grieve Him, yet was He afflicted by our woes, and at the time of death He betrayed the anguish…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
But the manner in which after the baptism of His passion and the coming of the spiritual fire the earth will be burnt, He declares as follows, Suppose ye that I am to give peace, &c.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
What sayest thou, O Lord? Didst thou not come to give peace, Who art made peace for us? (Eph. 2:14.) making peace by Thy cross with things in earth and things in heaven; (Col. 1:20.) Who saidst, My peace I give unto…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Though the connexion would seem to be of six persons, father and son, mother and daughter, mother in law and daughter in law, yet are they five, for the mother and the mother in law may be taken as the same, since…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now hereby He declared a future event, for it so happened in the same house that there have been believers whose fathers wished to bring them to unbelief; but the power of Christ’s doctrines has so prevailed, that…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Now in a mystical sense the one house is one man, but by two we often mean the soul and the body. But if two things meet together, each one has its part; there is one which obeys, another which rules. But there are…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Or in another way. By three are signified those who have faith in the Trinity, by two the unbelievers who depart from the unity of the faith. But the father is the devil, whose children we were by following him, but…
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 3:11–12 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 9:43–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §696.
Cited together in Catechism §696.