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Luke 9:53

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 9:53

Verse 53 of 62

Scripture focus

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

Luke 9:53 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 9:53

Theological / Devotional

Not receive him. They refused Him a night’s lodging (DA 487). Bitter hatred existed between Jew and Samaritan (see John 4:9). For a history of the origin of the Samaritans, see on 2 Kings 17:23-41. For later experiences between the Jews and Samaritans and for the origin of the animosity between them, see Neh. 4:1-8 ; 6:1-14.

As though he would go to Jerusalem. Literally, “going to Jerusalem.” To pass through Samaria toward Judea, as the Jews of Galilee often did, with the objective of worshiping God in Jerusalem, implied the inferiority of the Samaritan religion, and was thus taken as an insult by the Samaritans.

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