Luke 9:55

But Jesus turned and rebuked them and said, “You do not know what kind of spirit you are.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

In Context

54When His disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them, just as Elijah did?”

56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy the lives of men, but to save them.” And He and His disciples went on to another village.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:4So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

2 Samuel 19:22And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”

Job 26:4To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?

Job 34:4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

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 →

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