Luke 12:52
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- erunt enim ex hoc quinque in domo una divisi, tres in duos, et duo in tres
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- ἔσονται γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν πέντε ἐν ἑνὶ οἴκῳ διαμεμερισμένοι, τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν καὶ δύο ἐπὶ τρισίν,
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XLV
10. “Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most Mighty” ( ver. 3 ). What is meant by “Thy sword,” but “Thy word”? It was by that sword He scattered His enemies; by that sword he divided the son from the father, “the daughter from the mother, the daughter-in-law from the mother-in-law.” We read these words in the Gospel, “I came not to send peace, but a sword.” And, “In one house shall five be divided against each other; three against two, and two against three;” i.e. “the father against the son, the daughter against the mother, the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.” By what “sword,” but that which Christ brought, was this division wrought? And indeed, my brethren, we see this exemplified daily. …