Lucas 9:54

54 Vendo isto os discípulos Tiago e João, disseram: Senhor, queres que mandemos descer fogo do céu para os consumir [como Elias também fez?]

Lucas 9:54 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:54

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this
The Persic version reads thus; when "James and John, and the disciples saw this"; that is, the other disciples besides them, so making all the disciples say what follows; whereas only those two are intended, who having been the messengers, were the more provoked at this indignity to their Lord and master:

they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from
heaven, and consume them;
being enraged at this conduct of the Samaritans towards, Christ, and burning with love to him, and zeal for his honour; being "Boanerges's", sons of thunder, they were for punishing of them in a most terrible manner, even with, fire from heaven; by which Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities of the plain, were destroyed: this they doubted not of doing, knowing what miraculous power was conferred upon them; but did not think proper to attempt to exert it, until they had asked leave of Christ to do it:

even as Elias did;
upon the two captains of fifties, with their fifties, as recorded in ( 2 Kings 1:9-12 ) This clause was wanting in a certain copy of Beza's, and is not in the Vulgate Latin version; but is in other copies and versions, and by all means to be retained.

Lucas 9:54 In-Context

52 Enviou, pois, mensageiros adiante de si. Indo eles, entraram numa aldeia de samaritanos para lhe prepararem pousada.

53 Mas não o receberam, porque viajava em direção a Jerusalém.

54 Vendo isto os discípulos Tiago e João, disseram: Senhor, queres que mandemos descer fogo do céu para os consumir [como Elias também fez?]

55 Ele porém, voltando-se, repreendeu-os, [e disse: Vós não sabeis de que espírito sois.]

56 [Pois o Filho do Homem não veio para destruir as vidas dos homens, mas para salvá-las.] E foram para outra aldeia.