Luke 9:54 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:54

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

BSB

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

For they knew both that when Phineas had slain the idolaters it was counted to him for righteousness; (Numb. 25:8, Ps. 107:31) and that at the prayer of Elijah fire came down from heaven, that the injuries of the prophet might be avenged. (2 Kings 1:10, 12.) But let him be avenged who fears. He who fears not, seeks not vengeance.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

As Elisha did - At or near this very place, which might put it into the minds of the apostles to make the motion now, rather than at any other time or place, where Christ had received the like affront.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That we command fire - Vengeance belongs to the Lord. What we suffer for his sake, should be left to himself to reprove or punish. The insult is offered to him, not to us. See the note on Mar 3:17.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

Let us notice in these verses — the steady determination with which our Lord Jesus Christ regarded His own crucifixion and death. We read that, "When the time approached for Him to be taken up to Heaven — Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem." He knew full well what was before Him. The betrayal, the unjust trial, the mockery, the scourging, the crown of thorns, the spitting, the nails, the spear, the agony on the cross — all, all were doubtless spread before His mind's eye, like a picture.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδόντες	idontes	Having seen [it]	G1492 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
Ἰάκωβος	Iakōbos	James	G2385 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
εἶπαν·	eipan	said;	G2036 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord,	G2962 →
θέλεις	theleis	do you want [that]	G2309 →
εἴπωμεν	eipōmen	we may call	G2036 →
πῦρ	pur	fire	G4442 →
καταβῆναι	katabēnai	to come down	G2597 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀναλῶσαι	analōsai	to consume	G355 →
αὐτούς	autous	them	G846 →

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The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 10:31
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to…
leads to
- 2 Kings 10:29
  but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- Proverbs 4:23
  Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- Hebrews 2:1
  We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Psalms 78:10
  They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
- Ezekiel 36:27
  And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.