Luke 9:54

Luke 9:54

52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.

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.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Saw this (idontev). Second aorist active participle of oraw. Saw the messengers returning.

We bid (qeleiv eipwmen). Deliberative subjunctive eipwmen after qeleiv without ina, probably two questions, Dost thou wish? Shall we bid? Perhaps the recent appearance of Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration reminded James and John of the incident in II Kings 1:10-12. Some MSS. add here "as Elijah did." The language of the LXX is quoted by James and John, these fiery Sons of Thunder. Note the two aorist active infinitives (katabhnai, analwsai, the first ingressive, the second effective).

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