Luke 9:53
“And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For the son of man,.... Meaning himself, in his state of humiliation:
is not come to destroy men's lives; the word…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They did not receive him - Did not entertain him hospitably, or receive him with kindness. Because his face was ... -…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
His face was - They saw he was going up to Jerusalem to keep the feast; (it was the feast of tabernacles, Joh 7:2); and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 9:51-56
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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
they did not receive him The aorist implies that they at once rejected Him. The Samaritans had shewn themselves…