Luke 9:53

And they would not receive him, because his face unto Urishlem was set to go.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

In Context

52And he sent messengers before his face, and they went and entered into a village of the Shomroyee, so as to prepare for him.

54And when Jacub and Juchanon his disciples saw it, they say to him, Maran, art thou willing that we call fire to descend from heaven to consume them, as Elia did?

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Cross References

John 4:9The woman, the Shomroytha, saith to him, How (canst) thou who art a Jihudoya ask drink of me who am a woman, a Shomroytha? For the Jihudoyee have no accommodation with the Shomroyee.

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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