Luke 9:54

And 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?

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

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

53And they would not receive him, because his face unto Urishlem was set to go.

55But he turned and reproved them, and said, You know not of what spirit you are: for the Son of man is not come to destroy lives, but to save.

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Cross References

James 1:19And you, my beloved brethren, let every one of you be swift to hear, and slow to speak, and slow to be angry;

Revelation 13:3And one of his heads was wounded as to death. And his stroke of death was healed; and all the earth wondered after the beast of prey.

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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