Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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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