Luke 9:54

When 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?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

53But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem.

55But He turned and rebuked them.

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Cross References

James 1:19You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

Revelation 13:3I saw that one of his heads seemed to have been mortally wounded; but his mortal wound was healed, and the whole world was amazed and followed him.

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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