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?
KJV
ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπαν· κύριε, θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς;
Greek NT
Cum vidissent autem discipuli ejus Jacobus et Joannes, dixerunt : Domine, vis dicimus ut ignis descendat de cælo, et consumat illos ?
Vulgate
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?
ASV
And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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2Kgs 1:10 · echo"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."Elijah: fire from heaven — James and John want fire on the Samaritans
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- μαθηταὶ — SBLGNT
- μαθηταὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτούς — SBLGNT
- αὐτούς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὡς καὶ Ἠλίας ἐποίησεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w
- 2Kgs 1:10 — 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
- 2Kgs 1:10 — 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
- 2Sam 16:9 — Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
- Eccl 3:3 — A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- John 18:6 — As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Mark 10:14 — But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
- Ps 37:8 — Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.