Luke 9:55

Luke 9:55 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
• New International Version (NIV)But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he turned and rebuked them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.

Context of Luke 9:55

53but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. 54Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them, 56and they went on to another village. 57As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Luke 9:55 word by word

στραφεὶς δὲ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• he turnedστρέφωstrephō · to turnG4762
• and rebukedἐπιτιμάωepitimaō · to rebukeG2008
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Ye knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• what mannerοἷοςoios · such asG3634
• of spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Luke 9:55

• 1 Samuel 24:4David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won’t be necessary!”
• 2 Samuel 19:22But David said, “What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?”
• Job 31:29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him –
• Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
• Matthew 16:23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
• Revelation 3:19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
• Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?”
• Job 2:10But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
• Job 26:4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?
• Job 34:4Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
• Job 35:2“Do you think this to be just: when you say, ‘My right before God.’
• Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
• Jeremiah 17:9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
• Matthew 26:33Peter said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”
• John 16:9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

Commentaries on Luke 9:55

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of - Ye do not consider that the present is a dispensation of infinite mercy and love; and that the design of God is not to destroy sinners, but to give them space to repent, that he may save them unto eternal life. And ye do not consider that the zeal which you feel springs from an evil principle, being more concerned for your own honor than for the honor of God. The disciples of that Christ who died for his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of - You suppose that you are actuated by a proper love for me; but you know not yourselves. It is rather a love of revenge; rather revengeful feelings toward the “Samaritans” than proper feelings toward “me.” We learn here: 1.That “apparent” zeal for God may be only improper opposition toward our fellow-men. 2.That people, when they wish to honor God, should examine their spirit, and see if there is not lying at…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 51-56Verses 51-56 The disciples did not consider that the conduct of the Samaritans was rather the effect of national prejudices and bigotry, than of enmity to the word and worship of God; and through they refused to receive Christ and his disciples, they did not ill use or injure them, so that the case was widely different from that of Ahaziah and Elijah. Nor were they aware that the gospel dispensation was to be marked by miracles of mercy. But above all…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55-5655-56. know not what ... spirit--The thing ye demand, though in keeping with the legal, is unsuited to the genius of the evangelical dispensation. The sparks of unholy indignation would seize readily enough on this example of Elias, though our Lord's rebuke (as is plain from Lu 9:56) is directed to the principle involved rather than the animal heat which doubtless prompted the reference. "It is a golden sentence of Tillotson, Let us never do anything for…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 9:55

• Apostles
• Bigotry
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Retaliation
• Revenge

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
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• Bless
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• Cry
• Cure
• Decease
• Fashion
• Fit
• Generation

Commentaries on Luke 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings