Luke 9:52-55

A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus

52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But u they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. 54 And when His disciples v James 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 w Elijah did?" 55 But He turned and rebuked them, 2 and said, "You do not know what manner of x spirit you are of.

  1. Cross References
    John 4:4
    But He needed to go through Samaria.
    John 4:9
    Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 3:17
    James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder".
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 1:10
    So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men." And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
    2 Kings 1:12
    So Elijah answered and said to them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men." And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 8:15
    For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father.
    2 Timothy 1:7
    For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
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