Luke 9:54 - Forerunner Commentary

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.”

58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man ^ahas nowhere to lay His head.”

Verse Comparison: Luke 9:54

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American Standard Version
And when his disciples James and John saw `this', they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

Amplified® Bible
And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, {even as Elijah did} ? [II Kings 1:9-16.]

Contemporary English Version
When the disciples James and John saw what was happening, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy these people?"

Darby English Version
And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

Good News Bible
When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

International Standard Version
When his disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them, as Elijah did?

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?

New American Standard Bible
When His disciples James and John saw {this,} they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

New International Version
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

New King James Version
And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, 'Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

Young's Literal Translation
And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou `that' we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

New English Translation
Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume¹ them?”²

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