Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For the Son of man, etc.—a saying truly divine, of which all His miracles—for salvation, never destruction—were one continued illustration.
went to another—illustrating His own precept (Matthew 10:23).
know not what . . . spirit—The thing ye demand, though in keeping with the legal, is unsuited to the genius of the evangelical dispensation. The sparks of unholy indignation would seize readily enough on this example of Elias, though our Lord's rebuke (as is plain from Luke 9:56) is directed to the principle involved rather than the animal heat which doubtless prompted the reference. "It is a golden sentence of Tillotson, Let us never do anything for religion which is contrary to religion" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 9:56:
Luke 9:51
Luke 9:55-56
John 18:11
2 Corinthians 10:4
Hebrews 10:7
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