Luke 9:51 - The Message51-54 When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem. He sent messengers on ahead. They came to a Samaritan village to make arrangements for his hospitality. But when the Samaritans learned that his destination was Jerusalem, they refused hospitality. When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, “Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?” See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176951 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition51 Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven], He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)51 And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, See the chapterCommon English Bible51 As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version51 Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. See the chapter |