“And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”
Matthew 10:36 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 10:36
He had before said, 'What I say to you in darkness, that speak ye in the light;' He now tells them what will follow upon that preaching, saying, 'Think not that I am come to send peace upon earth; I am not come to send peace, but a sword.'
Or connect it with what has gone before, As the fear of death ought not to draw you away, so neither ought carnal affection.
How then did He enjoin them, that when they should enter any house they should say, 'Peace be to this house,' as also the Angels sung, 'Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace to men.' [Luke 2:14] That is the most perfect peace when that which is diseased is lopped off, when that which introduces strife is taken away, for so only is it possible that heaven should be joined to earth. For so does the physician save the rest of the body, namely by cutting off that which…