Luke 9:53

But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

52They went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him.

54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

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Cross References

John 4:9"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

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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