Luke 9:54

When James and John saw this, they said, “Master, do you wish us to call for fire to come down from the heavens and consume them?”

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In The King James Version

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

In Context

53but the people there did not welcome him, because his face was set in the direction of Jerusalem.

55But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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Cross References

James 1:19Mark this, my dear friends – Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

Revelation 13:3One of its heads seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth followed the Beast, wondering;

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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