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1020 B
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# Do you think that I came to bring peace on the earth?
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People expected the Messiah to bring them peace from their enemies. Jesus is not going to do that now. AT: "You should not think that I have come to bring peace on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# but rather division
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"but I came to bring division" or "people will divide from each other because I have come"
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# division
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"hostility" or "discord"
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# there will be five in one house divided
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This is an example of the kind of division there will be even within families.
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# there will be five in one house
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It may be helpful to state that this refers to people. AT: "there will be five people in one house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# against
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"will oppose." It may be helpful to use a longer phrase for each of these occurrences. AT: "will be divided against" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]] |