Luke 9:54
And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
53And they did not receive him, because his face was going to Jerusalem.
55But having turned around, he rebuked them, and said, Ye do not know what kind of spirit ye are.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:2And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and [yet] Saul sought to kill them in his zeal
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Ecclesiastes 3:3a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
James 1:19Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Revelation 13:3And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:52-57
The Samaritans Refuse to Receive Christ; Mistaken Zeal of James and John. 51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come… Read the whole commentary →