Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;

Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.

Part

Some were convinced; others refused to believe.

Apostles

But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it; and tearing their clothes they rushed out into the middle of the crowd, exclaiming, "Sirs, why are you doing all this?

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me, now at once, Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."

Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

General references

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.

Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.

Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;

Some were convinced; others refused to believe.