KJV King James Version
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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Luke 9:54
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
WEB 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?”
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his disciples James and John having seen, said, ‘Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?’
Surrounding context — Luke 9
51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
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.
54 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.
57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain [man] said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
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ἰδόντεςG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandδὲG1161 · dethenοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoμαθηταὶG3101 · mathētēsdiscipleἸάκωβοςG2385 · IakōbosJamesκαὶG2532 · kaiandἸωάννηςG2491 · IōannēsJohnεἶπαν·G2036 · eiponto sayκύριε,G2962 · kurioslord: GodθέλειςG2309 · thelōto will/desireεἴπωμενG2036 · eiponto sayπῦρG4442 · purfireκαταβῆναιG2597 · katabainōto come/go downἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανοῦG3772 · ouranosheavenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀναλῶσαιG355 · analiskōto consumeαὐτούςG846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
2 Kings 1:10-14And 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 3:14-18But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.James 1:19-20Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Acts 4:29-30And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,2 Samuel 21:2And 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.)2 Kings 10:31But 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.2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.Revelation 13:3And 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.
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