Lucas 9:54

54 Ao verem isso, os discípulos Tiago e João perguntaram: “Senhor, queres que façamos cair fogo do céu para destruí-los?”^[a]

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 E enviou mensageiros à sua frente. Indo estes, entraram num povoado samaritano para lhe fazer os preparativos;

53 mas o povo dali não o recebeu porque se notava que ele se dirigia para Jerusalém.

54 Ao verem isso, os discípulos Tiago e João perguntaram: “Senhor, queres que façamos cair fogo do céu para destruí-los?”

55 Mas Jesus, voltando-se, os repreendeu, dizendo: “Vocês não sabem de que espécie de espírito vocês são, pois o Filho do homem não veio para destruir a vida dos homens, mas para salvá-los”;

56 e foram para outro povoado.

Footnotes

• [a] Alguns manuscritos dizem "destruí-los, como fez Elias? "