Luke 12:52

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

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διαμεμερισμένοι

diamerízō

G1266

“to divide”

Verb, Perfect, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine

Appears 11× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 27:35

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G1223 and G3307

TDNT: None

1. to cleave asunder, cut in pieces 2. to be divided into opposing parts, to be at variance, in dissension 3. to distribute

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

17: words
14: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is διαμεμερισμένοι to divide G1266 — appearing just 11 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

διαμεμερισμένοι to divide G1266 occurs in 11 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

τρεῖς three G5140 ×2
ἐπὶ upon G1909 ×2
δυσὶν two G1417 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 12:52 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

John 15:18–21 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Acts 14:1–4 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
Micah 7:5–6 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, Be careful of the words of your mouth!
John 9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
John 10:19–21 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
Acts 28:24 Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
Psalms 41:9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Acts 13:43–46 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
John 7:41–43 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Notes on Luke 12:52 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Luk 12:52. Πέντε, five) The Father, the Mother, the Son, the Daughter, and the Daughter-in-law. The Son-in-law is not added; for he constitutes a different household [as its head].—τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶ, three against [or upon, ‘super,’ ueber, Germ.] two) Numbers most suitable to form the division of the household.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Luk 12:52 . τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶν , etc.: three against two and two against three; five in all, not six though three pairs are mentioned, mother and mother-in-law ( μήτηρ and πενθερὰ ) being the same person. This way of putting it is doubtless due to Lk. ἐπὶ with dative = contra , only here in N.T.; κατὰ with genitive in Mt.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 52. Five in one house divided] See on Mt 10:35; Mt 10:36.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

The father shall be divided against the.... Shall oppose him, differ with him, and be alienated from him, and so the other relations as follow; See Gill on Mat 10:35, See Gill on Mat 10:36.

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Luke 12:54

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luk 12:54

luk 12:54And he said also to the people,.... For what Christ had before said, were chiefly, if not solely, directed to his disciples; but now he turned himself to the innumerable multitude that were about him, and particularly addressed himself to the Scribes and Pharisees that were among them:

when ye see a cloud rise out of the west; the watery vapours being attracted by the heat of the sun, out of the Mediterranean Sea, which lies west of the land of Judea, and formed into a cloud, and drove by the wind:

straightway ye say there comes a shower; as soon as it is seen, it is presently concluded and affirmed, that a very heavy shower will soon fall, it having been frequently observed so to do, when this has been the case:

and so it is; for the most part, there commonly follows a large shower on such an appearance, and they were seldom mistaken in their conclusions.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Ver. 52. See Mat 10:34.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There shall be five in one house, three against two, and two against three - There being an irreconcilable enmity between the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of the world.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

International Critical Commentary

52. This verse has no parallel in Mat_10 Comp. Mic 7:6, on which what follows seems to be based. Godet says that there are five persons here and six in ver. 53 There are five in both cases, the mother and mother-in-law being the same person. Excepting 2Co 5:16, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν is peculiar to Lk. (1:48, 5:10, 22:18, 69; Act 18:6). It is not rare in LXX (Gen 46:30; Psa 112:2, 113:26, 120:8, Psa 124:2, Psa 130:3, Isa 9:7, etc.).

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 17 words (14 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is diamerízō (“to divide”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to divide” (diamerízō) shape what this verse is saying?
How does Matthew 27:35, which shares the word «to divide», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “three” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Compare how Bengel's Gnomon and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“three” occurs 2× in this single verse.
14 distinct Greek lemmas span 17 words in this verse.