Luke 9:54

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the disciples James and John saw what was happening, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy these people?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:9

Abishai said, “Your Majesty, this man is as useless as a dead dog! He shouldn't be allowed to curse you. Let me go over and chop off his head.”

2 Samuel 21:2

The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they were descendants of the Amorites. The people of Israel had promised not to kill them, but Saul had tried to kill them because he wanted Israel and Judah to control all the land. David called the Gibeonites to him, and he talked with them.

2 Kings 1:9

So at once he sent an army officer and fifty soldiers to meet Elijah. Elijah was sitting on top of a hill at the time. The officer went up to him and said, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down and talk with him.”

2 Kings 10:16

and said, “Come with me and see how faithful I am to the LORD.” They rode together in Jehu's chariot

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not completely obey the commands of the LORD God of Israel. Instead, he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam had caused the Israelites to do.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

for killing and healing, destroying and building,

Mark 3:17

There were also James and John, the two sons of Zebedee. Jesus called them Boanerges, which means “Thunderbolts”.

Luke 9:55

But Jesus turned and corrected them for what they had said.

Revelation 13:13

It performed mighty miracles, and while people watched, it even made fire come down from the sky.

Revelation 13:3

One of its heads seemed to have been fatally wounded, but now it was well. Everyone on earth marvelled at this beast,