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Luke 9:56 KJV
Luke · chapter 9 · verse 56
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.Luke 9:56 · King James Version
Luke 9:56 in context
54And 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?
55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
57And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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Key words (Strong's)
- destroyapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- men'santhrōposa human being, whether male or female, generically, to include all human individuals, to…G444 →
- livespsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- savesōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
- wentporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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This passage of story we have not in any other of the evangelists, and it seems to come in here for the sake of its affinity with that next before, for in this also Christ rebuked his disciples, because they envied for his sake.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 51-56