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


In Context

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,

56 and they went to another village.

Luke 9:54 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John saw [this,] they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John had seen this, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John saw this , they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:54And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, |Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:54And his disciples James and John having seen, said, 'Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?