Would not receive him. The reason given for this is that it was plain he was going to Jerusalem. Perhaps if he had planned to stay there and teach and heal, they would have received him. Lord, do you want us to call fire down? To refuse to receive a religious teacher was considered the same as rejecting his teaching. The two "Men of Thunder" (Mark 3:17) are ready to destroy the whole village. Religious enthusiasm has caused people to sin by persecuting others. [But compare Elijah, 2 Kings 2:9-12.]

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