Luk 9:53-54 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 53. His face was ] They saw he was going up to Jerusalem to keep the feast; (it was the feast of tabernacles, ;) and knowing him thereby to be a Jew , they would afford nothing for his entertainment ; for, in religious matters, the Samaritans and Jews had no dealings: see . The Samaritans were a kind of mongrel heathens; they feared Jehovah, and served other gods, . They apostatized from the true religion, and persecuted those who were attached to it. See an account of them, . Those only who have deserted the truth of God, or who are uninfluenced by it, hate them who embrace and act by it. When a man has once decidedly taken the road to heaven, he can have but little credit any longer in the world, .

‏ Luke 9:53-54

Verse 53. 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 knowing him thereby to be a Jew, they would afford nothing for his entertainment; for, in religious matters, the Samaritans and Jews had no dealings: see Joh 4:9. The Samaritans were a kind of mongrel heathens; they feared Jehovah, and served other gods, 2Ki 17:34. They apostatized from the true religion, and persecuted those who were attached to it. See an account of them, Mt 16:1. Those only who have deserted the truth of God, or who are uninfluenced by it, hate them who embrace and act by it. When a man has once decidedly taken the road to heaven, he can have but little credit any longer in the world, 1Jo 3:1.

Verse 54. That we command fire] Vengeance belongs to the Lord. What we suffer for his sake, should be left to himself to reprove or punish. The insult is offered to him, not to us. See Clarke on Mr 3:17.