Luke 9:52

Luke 9:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
• New International Version (NIV)And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.

Context of Luke 9:52

50Yeshua said to him, “Do not stop him, for he who is not against you is for you.” 51When the days were approaching for Him to be taken up, Yeshua was determined to go up to Jerusalem. He sent messengers before Him, and they went and entered a Samaritan village to make His arrangements. 53But they did not receive Him, because He was focused on going up to Jerusalem. 54When His disciples Jacob and John saw this, they said, “Master, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

Luke 9:52 word by word

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. καὶ πορευθέντες εἰσῆλθον εἰς κώμην Σαμαριτῶν ὡς ἑτοιμάσαι αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• messengersἄγγελοςaggelos · angel: messengerG32
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• they wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• and enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a villageκώμηkōmē · villageG2968
• of the SamaritansΣαμαρείτηςSamareitēs · SamaritanG4541
• toὥστεhōste · soG5620
• make readyἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090

Cross-references for Luke 9:52

• Luke 7:27This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger before You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
• Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord assigned seventy others and sent them out by twos before Him into every town and place where He Himself was about to go.
• Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. Suddenly He will come to His Temple —the Lord whom you seek— and the Messenger of the covenant —the One whom you desire— behold, He is coming,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Matthew 10:5Yeshua sent out these twelve and ordered them, “Do not go to the Gentiles, and do not enter into any Samaritan town.
• Luke 10:33But a Samaritan who was traveling came upon him; and when he noticed the man, he felt compassion.
• Luke 17:16And he fell at Yeshua’s feet, facedown, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
• 2 Kings 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria, instead of the men of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and settled in its cities.
• Ezra 4:1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for Adonai the God of Israel,
• John 8:48The Judean leaders responded, “Aren’t we right to say you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

Commentaries on Luke 9:52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52Sent messengers - , angels, literally; but this proves that the word angel signifies a messenger of any kind, whether Divine or human. The messengers in this case were probably James and John.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52Sent messengers - In the original the word is “angels;” and the use of that word here shows that the word “angel” in the Bible does not always mean heavenly beings. To make ready - To prepare a place, lodgings, refreshments. He had no reason to expect that he would experience any kind treatment from the Samaritans if he came suddenly among them, and if they saw that he was going to Jerusalem. He therefore made provision beforehand, and thus has shown us…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52-53a village of the Samaritans: Jews and Samaritans had a long history of conflict and ethnic prejudice. They hated each other (see study note on 10:33). The Samaritans worshiped on Mount Gerizim and probably assumed that Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem to worship there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5252. messengers before his face ... to make ready for him--He had not done this before; but now, instead of avoiding, He seems to court publicity--all now hastening to maturity.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 9:52

• Bigotry
• Jesus, the Christ
• Retaliation

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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