Luc 9:56

56 Car le Fils de l'homme n'est point venu faire périr les hommes, mais les sauver. Et ils s'en allèrent dans un autre bourg.

Luc 9:56 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:56

For the son of man
Meaning himself, in his state of humiliation:

is not come to destroy men's lives;
the word "men's" is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions: and both words, "men's lives", are left out in the Arabic version:

but to save them;
as they might easily observe, by his casting out devils from the bodies of men, and healing all sorts of diseases: and therefore, though it was agreeably to the legal dispensation, and the times of Elijah, to punish offenders in such a manner, it was not agreeably to the Gospel dispensation, and to the ends of the Messiah's coming into the world: so far in this verse, and the latter part of the former verse, are left out in five ancient copies of Beza's, and in the Ethiopic version, but are in the rest of the Eastern versions, and in other copies, and are rightly retained:

and they went to another village;
in Samaria, more civil and courteous, and less prejudiced, and where they got lodging and entertainment.

Luc 9:56 In-Context

54 Et Jacques et Jean, ses disciples, voyant cela, lui dirent: Seigneur, veux-tu que nous disions que le feu descende du ciel et qu'il les consume, comme fit Élie?

55 Mais Jésus, se retournant, les censura et dit: Vous ne savez de quel esprit vous êtes animés;

56 Car le Fils de l'homme n'est point venu faire périr les hommes, mais les sauver. Et ils s'en allèrent dans un autre bourg.

57 Comme ils étaient en chemin, un homme lui dit: Je te suivrai, Seigneur, partout où tu iras.

58 Mais Jésus lui dit: Les renards ont des tanières, et les oiseaux du ciel des nids; mais le Fils de l'homme n'a pas où reposer sa tête.