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Luke 9:54
New English Translation
Luke 9:54
New English Translation
54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume[a] them?”[b]
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- Luke 9:54 tn Or “destroy.”
- Luke 9:54 tc Most mss, especially the later ones (A C D W Θ Ψ ƒ1,13 33 M it), read here “as also Elijah did,” making the allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14 more explicit. The shorter reading has better and earlier support (P45,75 א B L Ξ 579 700* 1241 lat sa). It is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer, especially since it is well represented early on. However, the longer reading looks to have been a marginal note originally, incorporated into the text of Luke by early scribes.sn An allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14.
Luke 9:54
New International Version
Luke 9:54
New International Version
54 When the disciples James and John(A) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[a]?”(B)
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- Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did
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