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,
KJV
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ἀναλήμψεως αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐστήρισεν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ,
Greek NT
Factum est autem dum complerentur dies assumptionis ejus, et ipse faciem suam firmavit ut iret in Jerusalem.
Vulgate
And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
ASV
And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- πρόσωπον — SBLGNT
- πρόσωπον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐστήρισεν — SBLGNT
- ἐστήρισεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐστήριξεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§557"When the days drew near for him to be taken up [Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem."304 By this decision he indicated that he was going up to Jerusalem prepared to die there. Three times he had announced his Passion and Resurrection; now, heading toward Jerusalem, Jesus says: "It cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem."305
Cross-references
- Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
- Acts 20:22 — And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
- Acts 21:11 — And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha
- Gen 31:21 — So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Isa 50:5 — The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
- Isa 50:7 — For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
- John 4:4 — And he must needs go through Samaria.
- John 11:7 — Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
- Luke 9:57 — 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.
- Luke 13:22 — And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
- Luke 13:22 — And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
- Luke 17:11 — And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
- Luke 17:11 — And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
- Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
- Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
- Luke 19:28 — And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
- Luke 19:28 — And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
- Mark 10:32 — And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thin
- Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- Ps 31:15 — My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.