Matthew 10:36 is a verse in the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Content The original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is: καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. The New International Version translates the passage as: a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' The Vulgate version is: et inimici hominis domestici eius. Analysis It is said by Witham that Jesus here alludes to our own passions of love, hatred, anger, envy, etc., that these are our greatest enemies. Against these "we must make use of the sword our Saviour came to send amongst men." MacEvilly says that it refers to Micah 5:9, and that it may be an allusion to the time of the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) when people would forsake their closest relatives doing anything to survive. Commentary from the Church Fathers Jerome: " For in the matter of belief in Christ, the whole world was divided against itself; each house had its believers and its unbelievers; and therefore was this holy war sent, that an unholy peace might be broken through." Chrysostom: " This He said as it were comforting His disciples, as much as to say, Be not troubled as though these things fell upon you unexpectedly; for, for this cause I came that I might send war upon the earth—nay He says not ‘war,’ but what is yet harder, a sword. For He sought by sharpness of speech so to rouse their attention, that they should not fall off in time of trial and difficulty, or say that He had told them smooth things, and had hid the difficulties. For it is better to meet with softness in deeds than in words; and therefore He stayed not in words, but showing them the nature of their warfare, He taught them that it was more perilous than a civil war; saying, I am come to set a man against his father, and daughter against her mother, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. So this warfare will be between not acquaintances merely, but the nearest and dearest kindred; and this shows Christ's very great power; that His disciples after having heard this, yet undertook the mission, and brought over others. Yet was it