Verse 49

I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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Referenced Verses

  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, purifying the Levites and refining them like gold and silver, so they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
  • Matt 3:10-12 : 10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things, 54 lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.
  • Luke 12:51-52 : 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
  • John 9:4 : 4 'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • John 11:8-9 : 8 The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, just now the Jews were trying to stone you, and you're going back there again?' 9 Jesus answered, 'Aren't there twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he won't stumble, because he sees by this world's light.' 10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'
  • John 12:17-19 : 17 The crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify about it. 18 This is why the crowd went to meet Him—because they heard that He had performed this sign. 19 Then the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you are achieving nothing. Look, the whole world has gone after Him!"
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.' 32 He replied, 'Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem.
  • Luke 19:39-40 : 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, 'Teacher, rebuke your disciples.' 40 He answered, 'I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would cry out.'