What Does Luke 12:49 Mean?

“fire”

"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)

“I am come”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“to send”

to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)

“on”

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the earth”

soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“what”

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

“will I”

to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),

“if”

if, whether, that, etc

“already”

even now

“it be”

to enkindle