53but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.


In Context

50 "Do not stop him," Jesus said, "for whoever is not against you is for you."

51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.

54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them ?"

55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them,

Luke 9:53 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And they received him not, because his face was of one going to Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was turned as going to Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.