Luke 9:52

52 and sent messengers before him. And they went and entred into a citie of the Samaritans to make redy 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 And Iesus sayde vnto him: forbyd ye him not. For he that is not agaynst vs is wt vs.

51 And it folowed when the tyme was come yt he shulde be receaved vp then he set his face to goo to Hierusalem

52 and sent messengers before him. And they went and entred into a citie of the Samaritans to make redy for him.

53 But they wolde not receave him be cause his face was as though he wolde goo to Ierusalem.

54 When his disciples Iames and Iohn sawe yt they sayde: Lorde wilt thou that we comaunde that fyre come doune from heven and consume them even as Helias dyd?