Luke 9:54
And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
53And they did not receive him, because his face was [turned as] going to Jerusalem.
55But turning he rebuked them [and said, Ye know not of what 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 children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
2 Kings 10:16and said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. 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 1:19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Revelation 13:3and one of his heads [was] as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after 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 →