Abstract
Essentially, religion is a source of peace. In reality, there is fact that religion could become a source of conflict. The text of Luke 12: 49-53 contains one of Jesus' teachings that seems controversial. Here, Jesus says that His presence is not to bring peace, but contradiction and conflict. If the words of Jesus are understood literally it can provide legitimacy that religion is a source of conflict. This study qualitatively uses an interpretive approach to interpret and explore the meaning of Jesus' expression in the historical and theological context of the writing of the Gospel of Luke. In the interpretation, the writer found that what became the theological vision of the writer of the Gospel of Luke was to portray Jesus as a source of peace from God. Thus, this article ultimately aims to emphasize the essence of the presence of religion is to bring about peace.
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