Luke 9:54

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said to him: Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, and consume them, as also did Elijah?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 received him not, because he had set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

55And he turned and rebuked them, and said: Ye know not of what spirit ye are.

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Cross References

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

Revelation 13:3And one of his heads was wounded as it were to death; and his deadly wound 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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