Additional Meanings in Luke 12:49-53
As most of you wrote in your comments to my last post, Luke 12:49-53 at one level is about the price of being Christian. And I agree this is definitely part of it. Yeshua/Jesus understands that his ideas and beliefs will create turmoil and he is taking responsibility for it. And he is telling those who follow him, that turmoil will be a constant companion. But I wonder if it might go deeper than that. If one looks at the social structure during his time, one will find that family is what bonds... Sign in to see full entry.