"And when his disciples James and John saw {this}, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heav…" — Luke 9:54

Luke 9:54 · 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?”

— Luke 9:54

Verse 53

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

Verse 55

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

Luke 9 — Context

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

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?

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

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

Cross References

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.

James 1:19-20

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

James 3:14-18

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

Acts 4:29-30

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

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. {took...: Heb. observed not}

2 Samuel 21:2

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites {were} not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

Revelation 13:3

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. {wounded: Gr. slain}

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.