Proper 15 • Luke 12:49–53 (54–56) • August 14, 2016


Proper 15 • Luke 12:49–53 (54–56) • August 14, 2016

Jeffrey A. Oschwald As if the themes of this Gospel weren’t challenge enough, two significant exegetical/translational questions must also be addressed. Luke 12:49b is “a passage of well-known difficulty, the translation of which remains doubtful.”1 Just presents the case for the translation “How I wish that it were already kindled,” but the parallels are not ..