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53 But athey did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.  
54 And when His disciples aJames and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them,1 just as bElijah did?”  
55 But He turned and rebuked them,1 and said, “You do not know what manner of aspirit you are of.  
56 For athe Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.  

The Cost of Discipleship

57 aNow it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”  
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Luke 9:55

But he turned (strafeiv de). Second aorist passive participle of strefw, common verb, to turn round. Dramatic act. Some ancient MSS. have here:

Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of (ouk oidate poiou pneumatov este). This sounds like Christ and may be a genuine saying though not a part of Luke's Gospel. A smaller number of MSS. add also:

For the Son of Man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them (o gar uiov tou anqrwpou ouk hlqen yuxav anqrwpwn apolesai alla swsai), a saying reminding us of Matthew 5:17; Luke 19:10. Certain it is that here Jesus rebuked the bitterness of James and John toward Samaritans as he had already chided John for his narrowness towards a fellow-worker in the kingdom.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 9:55:

Luke 10:23
Luke 17:11
John 4:4

 

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