luke 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

luke 9:54 And when His disciples James and John saw [this], they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

54. James and John--not Peter, as we should have expected, but those "sons of thunder" (Mr 3:17), who afterwards wanted to have all the highest honors of the Kingdom to themselves, and the younger of whom had been rebuked already for his exclusiveness (Lu 9:49, 50). Yet this was "the disciple whom Jesus loved," while the other willingly drank of His Lord's bitter cup. (See on Mr 10:38-40; and Ac 12:2). That same fiery zeal, in a mellowed and hallowed form, in the beloved disciple, we find in 2Jo 5:10; 3Jo 10.
fire . . . as Elias--a plausible case, occurring also in Samaria (2Ki 1:10-12).

luke 9:54 And when His disciples James and John saw [this], they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

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