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I am come = Icame, &c.
send. Greek. ballo. In fourteen out of the eighteen occurrences in Luke, rendered "cast". See verses: Luk_28:88.
fire. See Joe_2:30, &c. Had the nation received Him, all that the prophets had spoken would have been fulfilled. So would it have been had Peter's proclamation been received (Act_5:18-26). See note on Luk_12:51.
on = into. Greek. eis. App-104. But all the texts read epi (App-104. ix. 3). earth. Greek. ge. App-129.
what will I . . . ? = what do I wish? Figure of speech Aposiopesis, App-6(no answer being required or given).
if it be, &c. Another Aposiopesis (App-6) repeated. The Lord was "straitened "(Luk_12:50). The nation had not yet finally rejected Him. App-118.