They did not receive him. — The reason thus given exactly agrees with what has been stated above. It will be remembered that when He had visited Samaria before, it was on His return, not directly from Jerusalem, but from some unknown region of Judæa where He had been baptising (John 3:22; John 4:3).
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Luke 9:53
53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.