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Luke 9:54

World English Bible

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?”

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Luke 9:54 in other translations

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?

Luke 9:54 · American Standard Version

Luke 9:54 in context

  1. 52and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
  2. 53They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem.
  3. 54When 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?”
  4. 55But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.
  5. 56For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
    They went to another village.