Luke 9:52

52 He sent messengers on ahead. They went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

Luke 9:52 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:52

And sent messengers before his face
Who very likely were his two disciples, James and John, since they so highly resented the ill treatment their master met with from the Samaritans:

and they went;
before him:

and entered into a village of the Samaritans;
or "city", as the Vulgate Latin, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, and so one of Stephens's copies; which lay in the way from Galilee to Judea, where the disciples had been forbid to enter, that is, in order to preach, ( Matthew 10:5 )

To make ready for him;
to prepare a lodging, and proper food for him and his disciples, as they passed on in their journey, for his intention was not to make any stay there.

Luke 9:52 In-Context

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

51 The time grew near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven. So he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.

52 He sent messengers on ahead. They went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

53 But the people there did not welcome Jesus. That was because he was heading for Jerusalem.

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