Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxix Pg 44
Luke xii. 51.
It is written “a sword,”4693 4693 Pamelius supposes that Tertullian here refers to St. Matthew’s account, where the word is μάχαιραν, on the ground that the mss. and versions of St. Luke’s Gospel invariably read διαμερισμόν. According to Rigaltius, however, Tertullian means that sword is written in Marcion’s Gospel of Luke, as if the heretic had adulterated the passage. Tertullian no doubt professes to quote all along from the Gospel of Luke, according to Marcion’s reading.
but Marcion makes an emendation4694 4694 St. Luke’s word being διαμερισμόν (division), not μάχαιραν (sword).
of the word, just as if a division were not the work of the sword. He, therefore, who refused to give peace, intended also the fire of destruction. As is the combat, so is the burning. As is the sword, so is the flame. Neither is suitable for its lord. He says at last, “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.”4695 4695
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes ix.xiii Pg 60.1
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 12
VERSE (51) - :49 Zec 11:7,8,10,11,14 Mt 10:34-36; 24:7-10
