Luke 9:51
As the time approached for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus was determined to go to Jerusalem.
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50“Don't stop him,” Jesus replied. “Anyone who isn't against you is for you.”
52He sent messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along, talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire came between them, and Elijah was taken up in the whirlwind to heaven.
Mark 16:19Then, the Lord Jesus, when he had finished speaking to them, was taken up into heaven where he sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 13:22Jesus went around the towns and villages, teaching on his way to Jerusalem.
Luke 18:31Jesus took the twelve disciples aside, and told them, “We're going to Jerusalem, and all that the prophets wrote about the Son of man will be fulfilled.
Luke 19:28After he'd finished telling them this story, Jesus left for Jerusalem, walking on ahead.
John 6:62Then what if you were to see the Son ascend to where he was before?
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51
Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →