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Luke 9:54

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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?

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Luke 9:54 in other translations

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

Luke 9:54 · World English Bible

Luke 9:54 in context

  1. 52and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
  2. 53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.
  3. 54And 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?
  4. 55But he turned, and rebuked them.
  5. 56And they went to another village.