Luke 9:53
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
In context
51 As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
52 He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.
53 But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
Luke 9:53 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
- KJV King James Version
- And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
- WEB World English Bible
- They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set toward Jerusalem.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they did not receive him, because his face was [turned as] going to Jerusalem.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.