The context for this is that Jesus was telling his disciples about the consequences of spreading the Gospel: that they and any who followed them would be persecuted. That is, the implication is that his followers will be put to the sword, rather than living in peace; he’s not encouraging them to use swords on other people.
He does, separately, assure them that terrible things will happen to people who were mean to them when he comes back, but that’s not this verse, lol.
Yeah, they really don’t like you pointing out that they cherry picked the bible when what they are saying is the opposite of what a quote means in full.
I’m curious if I’ll get downvoted for this take, just bringing the facts regardless of the situation 😉
The problem here is that the meme did the same, and situational bias occurred in the reverse direction for you.
Peace on earth appears many times in the Bible in different contexts, many of them positive (as per a Google search, anyway).
Well, of Christians take “peace on earth” from the Bible and then follows that, why correct them? ☺️
