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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 9:54

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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9:54 call down fire from heaven to burn them up: Some manuscripts add as Elijah did. Three times, Elijah called down fire from heaven against the enemies of God (1 Kgs 18:38; 2 Kgs 1:1-17). In their zeal, James and John wanted to do the same.
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