The Meaning of Luke 9:53 Explained

Luke 9:53

KJV: And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

YLT: and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

Darby: And they did not receive him, because his face was turned as going to Jerusalem.

ASV: And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

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What is the context of Luke 9:53?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

What does Luke 9:53 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 9:51-62 - The Steadfast Face

The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7. But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, alert, eager figure is always in front and taking the upward path.

We need to remember which kingdom we belong to. We have passed out of the sphere of force and war, into the kingdom of the Son of God's love. It is a reversal of the divine plan of evolution to go back to the fire of vengeance. The only fire that we can invoke is that of the Holy Spirit; and it is remarkable that one of these two brothers lived to call down that very fire on those same villages. See Acts 8:14-25.

The Lord was ever acting as a winnowing fan, detecting the wheat and the chaff in human motive. Be prepared to follow your Lord through loneliness, homelessness, the rupture of tender ties, and the plowing of a solitary furrow. But keep your eye fixed on the correlatives supplied on the eternal side of your life! [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 9

¹ Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach
⁷ Herod desires to see Jesus
¹⁰ The apostles return
¹² Jesus feeds five thousand;
¹⁸ inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion;
²³ proposes to all the pattern of his patience
²⁸ The transfiguration
³⁷ He heals the lunatic;
⁴³ again forewarns his disciples of his passion;
⁴⁶ commends humility;
⁵¹ bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge
⁵⁷ Many would follow him, but upon conditions

Greek Commentary for Luke 9:53

And they did not receive him [και ουκ εδεχαντο αυτον]
Adversative use of και kai = But. [source]

Because his face was going to Jerusalem [οτι το προσωπον αυτου ην πορευομενον εις Ιερουσαλημ]
Periphrastic imperfect middle. It was reason enough to the churlish Samaritans. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 9:53 mean?

And not they did receive Him because the face of Him was [as] going toward Jerusalem

καὶ οὐκ ἐδέξαντο αὐτόν ὅτι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ

ἐδέξαντο	they did receive
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Plural Root: δέχομαι Sense: to take with the hand.
ὅτι	because
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since.
πρόσωπον	face
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: πρόσωπον Sense: the face.
αὐτοῦ	of Him
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἦν	was [as]
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
πορευόμενον	going
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: πορεύομαι Sense: to lead over, carry over, transfer.
εἰς	toward
Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
Ἰερουσαλήμ	Jerusalem
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: Ἰερουσαλήμ Sense: denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants.

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