Luke 9:54

New American Bible - revised edition

When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:9

Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king: “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but survivors of the Amorites; and although the Israelites had given them their oath, Saul had sought to kill them off in his zeal for the Israelites and for Judah.)

2 Kings 1:9

Then the king sent a captain with his company of fifty men after Elijah. The prophet was seated on a hilltop when he found him. He said, “Man of God, the king commands you, ‘Come down.’”

2 Kings 10:16

and said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” And they took him along in his chariot. Slaughter of the Worshipers of Baal.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart, since he did not desist from the sins which Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build.

Mark 3:17

James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;

Luke 9:55

Jesus turned and rebuked them,

Revelation 13:13

It performed great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of everyone.

Revelation 13:3

I saw that one of its heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but this mortal wound was healed. Fascinated, the whole world followed after the beast.