Luke 9:55

But he turned and rebuked them, saying, “You do not know what kind of spirit you belong to.

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

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54When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do yoʋ want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just like Elijah did?”

56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy people's lives but to save them.” And they went on to another village.

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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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