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?'


In Context

51 And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

52 and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

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

54 And 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?'

55 and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, 'Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

56 for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them ?"

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 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?