Luke 9:56
Read Luke 9:56 Using Other Translations
What does Luke 9:56 mean?
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.
