Luke 9:56 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. ”

• Luke 9:56 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For the Son of man ... - You should imitate, in your spirit, the Son of man. “He” came not to destroy. If he had come for that purpose, he would have destroyed these Samaritans; but he came to sa...

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• Luke 9:56 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Inhospitable Samaritans. The journey was begun by the direct road through Samaria (for Lk.'s interest in Samaritans cf. Luke 10:33 , Luke 17:16 ; contrast Matthew 10:5 ), though Jesus appears...

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• Luke 9:56 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  is not come . came not. lives . souls. App-110. another . different. App-124.

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• Luke 9:56 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them . And they went to another village. And they went to another village - Which probably did entertain them; being, perhaps, with...

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• Luke 9:56 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And when his disciples, James and John— That these disciples, so remarkablydistinguished by their Lord's favour, should havesome distinguished zeal and faith, may seem less wonderful, than that a p...

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• Luke 9:56 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them - a saying t...

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• Luke 9:56 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Feeding the Five Thousand. Peter's Confession. The Transfiguration 1-6. Mission of the Twelve ( Matthew 10:1 ; Matthew 10:5-15 ; Mark 6:7-13 ). See on Mt.

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• Luke 9:56 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives. — Here, again, we have to note the absence of the words from many of the better MSS. It is, perhaps, open to conjecture that they were inserte...

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• Luke 9:56 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Steadfast Face Luke 9:51-62 The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7 . But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, ale...

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• Luke 9:56 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power the...

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• Luke 9:56 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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 int...

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• Luke 9:56 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  NOT DESTRUCTION BUT SALVATION ‘But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.’...

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• Luke 9:56 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the son of man ,.... Meaning himself, in his state of humiliation: is not come to destroy men's lives ; the word "men's" is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions: and both...

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• Luke 9:56 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When his disciples, James and John Who attended him; saw this When the messengers returned with the account of what had passed in the village, whither they had been sent, these two disciples, bei...

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• Luke 9:56 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and...

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• Luke 9:56 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Samaritans Refuse to Receive Christ; Mistaken Zeal of James and John.       51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he...

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• Luke 9:56 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 9:55 "

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• Luke 9:56 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Is Warned Off By The Samaritans Because He Is Headed For Jerusalem (9:52-56). The Samaritans lived between Galilee and Judaea in Samaria, in and around Shechem, and had grown into quite a la...

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• Luke 9:56 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 9:51 . When the time was come .—Rather, “when the days were well-nigh come” (R.V.). That He should be received up .—The word translated “received up” means His assumption or...

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• Luke 9:56 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 9:55-56 The Spirit of Christ and of Elijah. No one can have failed to notice the marked difference between the stern spirit of Elijah and the gentle spirit of Christ. Of all the prophets of...

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• Luke 9:56 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Our Lord had been on the mountain, and had been transfigured; and when he came down, the first person that he met was the devil, with whom he had to come in contact. Whenever you or I get up on the m...

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• Luke 9:56 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 9:1 . He called his twelve disciples together, privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in I...

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• Luke 9:56 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem-- Christ hastening to the cross I. THE PERFECT CLEARNESS WITH WHICH ALL THROUGH CHRIST’S LIFE HE SAW THE INEVITABLE END. II. OUR LORD’S PERFECT...

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• Luke 9:56 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 9:1-42 The Master sends out the twelve on a mission . Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together . The Galilee ministry was just over; outwardly it had...

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• Luke 9:56 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Rejection by the Samaritans

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• Luke 9:56 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:21-23 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; John 10:10 ; John 12:47 ; John 3:17 ; Luke 19:10 ; Luke 22:51 ; Luke 23:34 ; Luke 6:27-31 ; Matthew 18:11 ; Matthew 20:28 ; Matthew 5:39 ; Romans 12:21...

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