Luke 9:55 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 9:55

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 9:55

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American Standard Version
But he turned, and rebuked them.

Amplified® Bible
But He turned and rebuked {and} severely censured them. {He said, You do not know of what sort of spirit you are,}

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus turned and corrected them for what they had said.

Darby English Version
But turning he rebuked them [and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are].

Good News Bible
Jesus turned and rebuked them.

International Standard Version
But he turned and rebuked them,

King James Version
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

New American Standard Bible
But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of;

New International Version
But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

New King James Version
But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you have;

Young's Literal Translation
and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

New English Translation
But Jesus¹ turned and rebuked them,²

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