Luke 12:49-53
Chapter 12
49
I have come to bring fire on the earth, and I wish it were already ignited!
50
But I have a baptism to undergo, and I feel great anguish until it is finished!
51
Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
52
From now on, a group of five will be divided within each household: three against two, and two against three.
53
They will be split between father and son, son and father; mother and daughter, daughter and mother; mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law and mother-in-law.
Commentaries
Radical Discipleship – The Signs of the Times – Reaching Agreements.
In Greek, time is defined in two ways: ‘kronos,’ the measurable, clock and calendar-based time we can partly control, and ‘kairos,’ which signifies special moments that go beyond chronological time and have the power to transform our lives and add new dimensions. Jesus criticizes his generation for focusing too much on ‘kronos’ and missing the opportunity to see in him the presence of God’s kingdom breaking into history, the ‘kairos.’