...The Samaritans did not receive Christ ; 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? But he .turned and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner...

...was as though he would go to Jerusalem ; 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 ; but he returned, and rehuked them, and said, Ye know not what...

...to serve his country in parliament. (To be continued.} REFLECTIONS ON SELECT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them ?—LUKE ix. 54. SIN is the legitimate object of our hatred—and in proportion to...

...Samaritans refused to receive Jesus, and his disciples, James and John, on this account, said to him, " Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them;" he turned and rebuked them, and said, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are...

...disciples drew his sword, &c. he bid him put it up, &c. — Matt. xxvi. 51, 52. James and John said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them : and said, Ye know not what manner...

...by the disciples. So churlish a rejection- of a Saviour seemed no less heinous, than the endeavour of apprehending a prophet : " Lord, wilt thou that...one Elias : that, which was zeal in him, might be Jury in another; the least variation of circumstance may make an example dangerous ; presently therefore...

...temple at Jerusalem. Two of Christ's disciples,.James and John, highly resenting this usage, say, " Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did ?" ver. 54. Here was an appearance of warm affection to their Master, of a mighty zeal for the true...

...temple at Jerusalem. Two of Christ's disciples, .James and John, highly resenting this usage, say, " Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did ?" ver. 54. Here was an appearance of warm affection to their Master, of a mighty zeal for the true...

...churlish a denial, the two angry disciples return to their Master on a fiery errand, " Lord, wiltthou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did?" The sons of thunder would be lightning strait ; their zeal, whether as kinsmen or disciples, could not...

...dared to use him so basely ; and therefore solicited leave to consume them by fire from heaven, — " Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, as Ellas did ?" But notwithstanding the zeal which the disciples manifested in this motion, for the honour...