Matthew 10:35

Chapter XXX.—Of the Section Where It is Recorded, that Being Moved with Compassion for the Multitudes, He Sent His Disciples, Giving Them Power to Work Cures, and Charged Them with Many Instructions, Directing Them…

“Wherefore neither with this was He satisfied, but unfolds also the very nature of the war, signifying it to be far more grievous even than a civil war; and He saith, “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.”” — editor's note: Matt. x. 35. [R.V., “I came,” etc.]

“And that, “And every one that hath forsaken brethren,” agrees with that He had said before, “I am come to set a man at variance with his father.” [Matt 10:35] For they who for the faith of Christ and the preaching of the Gospel shall despise all the ties, the riches, and pleasures of this world, they…” — the author cites it

He had before said, “What I say to you in darkness, that speak ye in the light;” He now tells them what will follow upon that preaching, saying, “Think not that I am come to send peace upon earth; I am not come to…

Or connect it with what has gone before, As the fear of death ought not to draw you away, so neither ought carnal affection.

How then did He enjoin them, that when they should enter any house they should say, “Peace be to this house,” as also the Angels sung, “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace to men.” [Luke 2:14] That is the…

For in the matter of belief in Christ, the whole world was divided against itself; each house had its believers and its unbelievers; and therefore was this holy war sent, that an unholy peace might be broken through.

This He said as it were comforting His disciples, as much as to say, Be not troubled as though these things fell upon you unexpectedly; for this cause I came that I might send war upon the earth - nay He says not…

These are almost the words of the Prophet Micah. [Mic 7:6] We should always take note when a passage is cited out of the Old Testament, whether the sense only, or the very words are given.

Mystically, a sword is the sharpest of all weapons, and thence it is the emblem of the right of authority, the impartiality of justice, the correction of offenders. The word of God, we may remember, is likened to a…

Otherwise, “I am come to set a man against his father;” for he renounces the Devil who was his son; “the daughter against her mother,” that is, the people of God against the city of the world, that is, the wicked…

For no other mutual rights can be preserved between those who are at war in their creeds.

Otherwise; He mean, I am not come among men to strengthen their carnal affections, but to cut them off with the sword of the Spirit; whence it is rightly added, “And a man’s foes are they of his household.”

For the subtle enemy when he sees himself driven out of the hearts of the good, seeks out those who most love them, and speaking by the mouth of those who are dearest, endeavours while the heart is penetrated by…

“The cutting of the Word, which separates the worse from the better, and makes a division between the faithful and the unbeliever; and stirs up the son and the daughter and the bride against the father and the mother and the mother in law, the young and fresh against the old and shadowy.” — editor's note: Matt. x. 35.

Matthew 10:35 and Luke 12:53 share the same wording (16 words).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:27–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:27–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:27–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:27–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 10:34–36 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 10:34–36 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 10:34–36 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 10:34–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:34–36 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Matthew 10:35 takes up the words of Micah 7:6 (8 words in common).