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Luke 9:54

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52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

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?

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

56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to 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?
WEB
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?”
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?
DARBY
And his disciples James and John seeing [it] said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak [that] fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?
BLB
And having seen [it], the disciples James and John said, “Lord, do You want [that] we should call fire to come down from heaven and to consume them?”
ÅB
Da hans disipler Jakob og Johannes så det, sa de: Herre! vil du vi skal befale ild fare ned fra himmelen og fortære dem, slik som Elias gjorde?
OTB
Da disiplene Jakob og Johannes så dette, spurte de: "Herre, vil du at vi skal kalle ild ned fra himmelen for å fortære dem?"
B1930
Da hans disipler Jakob og Johannes så det, sa de: Herre! vil du vi skal byde ild fare ned fra himmelen og fortære dem, likesom Elias gjorde?

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  • 2 Kings 1:10–14

    And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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  • James 1:19–20

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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  • James 3:14–18

    But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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  • Acts 4:29–30

    And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

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