Luke 12:49
ContextNET © | “I have come 1 to bring 2 fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled! |
NIV © | "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! |
NASB © | "I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! |
NLT © | "I have come to bring fire to the earth, and I wish that my task were already completed! |
MSG © | "I've come to start a fire on this earth--how I wish it were blazing right now! |
BBE © | I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted. |
NRSV © | "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! |
NKJV © | "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! |
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NET © | “I have come 1 to bring 2 fire on the earth – and how I wish it were already kindled! |
NET © Notes |
1 sn 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. 2 tn Grk “cast.” For βάλλω (ballw) in the sense of causing a state or condition, see L&N 13.14. |