9:51 And it happened when it was time for him to be received up (c/f end of his life and assumption into heaven) he set his face to go to Jerusalem

Paragraph "Hooks" are Parties addressed

Summary Point

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Parties addressed

Key Quote

1. . Stay peaceful

9:51-55

James & John

"He rebuked them (re fire to destroy)

9:51-55 He sent messengers before him to prepare for him in a Samaritan village they were entering

But the people there would not receive him because he was going to Jerusalem. Seeing this the disciples James and John said "Lord allow us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them for this." But turning he rebuked them. (Note: Text is mainly a paraphrase of the Literal translation in the RSV Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, 1988)

2. . Be detached

9:56-58

said one

"Foxes have holes"

9:56-58 They went on to another village. As they went along someone said to hm. "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus said to him. "The foxes have holes and the birds of heaven have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

3. . Look to future

9:59-60

to another

Leave the dead to bury the dead

9:59-60 He said to another "Follow me" But this one replied "Allow me first to go away and bury my father. But He answered	Leave the dead to bury the dead. Rather you should go and announce the kingdom of God.
This probably meant the person wanted to wait until his father had died.