Luke 9:52
They went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
53But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Luke 7:27John is the man about whom it is written, `See, I am sending My messenger before thy face, and he shall make ready thy way before thee.'
Luke 10:33But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came where he lay, and seeing him was moved with pity.
John 8:48"Are we not right," answered the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"
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 →