Luke 9:51
New International Version
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Berean Literal Bible
And it came to pass in the completing of the days of His ascension, that He steadfastly set the face to go to Jerusalem.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

New King James Version
Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

New American Standard Bible
When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

NASB 1995
When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

NASB 1977
And it came about, when the days were approaching for His ascension, that He resolutely set His face to go to Jerusalem;

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when the days for Him to be taken up were soon to be fulfilled, He set His face to go to Jerusalem;

Amplified Bible
Now when the time was approaching for Him to be taken up [to heaven], He was determined to go to Jerusalem [to fulfill His purpose].

Christian Standard Bible
When the days were coming to a close for him to be taken up, he determined to journey to Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Contemporary English Version
Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The time was coming closer for Jesus to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem.

International Standard Version
When the days grew closer for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he was determined to continue his journey to Jerusalem.

Majority Standard Bible
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

NET Bible
Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Weymouth New Testament
Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.

World English Bible
It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of His being taken up, that He fixed His face to go on to Jerusalem,

Berean Literal Bible
And it came to pass in the completing of the days of His ascension, that He steadfastly set the face to go to Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

Smith's Literal Translation
And it was in the days of his acceptation being completed, and he fixed his face to go into Jerusalem.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

New American Bible
When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,

New Revised Standard Version
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And it happened, when the days to go up on his journey were fulfilled, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was that when the days of his ascent were fulfilled, he prepared himself to go to Jerusalem.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And it came to pass, as the time for him to be taken up into heaven had fully come, that he set his face steadfastly to go up to Jerusalem.

Godbey New Testament
And it came to pass while the days of His taking up were being fulfilled, and He turned His face to go to Jerusalem,

Haweis New Testament
And it came to pass, as the days hastened to their period when he should be received up to glory, that he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem;

Mace New Testament
Now the time of his assumption drawing nigh, he was fix'd in his resolution to go to Jerusalem:

Weymouth New Testament
Now when the time drew near for Him to be received up again into Heaven, He proceeded with fixed purpose towards Jerusalem, and sent messengers before Him.

Worrell New Testament
And it came to pass, when the days for receiving Him up were being completed, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem;

Worsley New Testament
And it came to pass, as the days were almost fulfilled of his being received up again into heaven, that He set his face to go to Jerusalem,

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Context
The Samaritans Reject Jesus
50“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.” 51 As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.…

Cross References
John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

Acts 1:2
until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

Mark 10:32-34
As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him: / “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles, / who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

John 7:8-10
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.” / Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee. / But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

John 12:23
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

John 17:1
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Isaiah 50:7
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Daniel 9:24-26
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Matthew 20:17-19
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said, / “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death / and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

that.

Luke 24:51
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

2 Kings 2:1-3,11
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal…

Mark 16:19
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

he stedfastly.

Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

Isaiah 50:5-9
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back…

Acts 20:22-24
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: …

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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.














As the day of His ascension approached
This phrase marks a pivotal moment in the Gospel of Luke, indicating a shift in Jesus' ministry. The Greek word for "ascension" is "ἀναλήψεως" (analēpseōs), which means "taking up" or "ascension." This term not only refers to Jesus' physical ascension into heaven but also signifies the culmination of His earthly mission. Historically, this moment is a turning point where Jesus begins His final journey to Jerusalem, fully aware of the suffering and sacrifice that await Him. The phrase underscores the divine timetable and the fulfillment of prophecy, as Jesus' ascension is a key event in God's redemptive plan.

Jesus resolutely set out
The Greek word for "resolutely" is "ἐστήρισεν" (estērisen), which conveys a sense of steadfastness and determination. This word choice highlights Jesus' unwavering commitment to His mission, despite knowing the trials and crucifixion that lie ahead. It reflects His obedience to the Father's will and His love for humanity. The phrase "set out" indicates a deliberate and purposeful action, emphasizing that Jesus' journey to Jerusalem was not accidental but a fulfillment of His divine purpose. This determination serves as an inspirational model for believers, encouraging them to pursue God's will with courage and resolve.

for Jerusalem
Jerusalem holds profound significance in biblical history and prophecy. It is the city where the temple stood, the center of Jewish worship, and the place where many prophets were martyred. In the context of Jesus' ministry, Jerusalem is the city where He will face His crucifixion, resurrection, and ultimately, His ascension. The mention of Jerusalem here is laden with theological meaning, as it represents both the rejection and redemption of God's people. Jesus' journey to Jerusalem is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and a testament to His role as the Messiah. For believers, Jerusalem symbolizes the place of sacrifice and salvation, where Jesus' love and obedience to the Father are most profoundly demonstrated.

(51) When the time was come that he should be received up.--Literally, When the days of His assumption were being fulfilled. The noun is peculiar to St. Luke, and is derived from the verb used of the Ascension, in Mark 16:19, 1Timothy 3:16. It can here refer to nothing else, and the passage, as occurring in the midst of a narrative, is remarkable. It is as though St. Luke looked on all that follows as seen in the light of the Ascension. Every word and act was consciously a step forward to that great consummation.

Verses 51-56. - The Samaritan insult to the Lord. The Master's reception of it. Verse 51. - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. This is a very solemn introduction to this great section of St. Luke's writing. It at once marks off all that now follows as a winding-up of the earthly ministry. The expression, "that he should be received up," is simply the rendering of one Greek word, which signifies "ascension." The Passion, the cross, and the grave are passed over here, and the glorious goal alone is spoken cf. What a lesson of comfort is here suggested! The words in the Greek original, "he steadfastly set his face," are evidently literally translated from a well-known Aramaic (Hebrew) expression.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

day
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

of
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

ascension
ἀναλήμψεως (analēmpseōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 354: A taking up, lifting up. From analambano; ascension.

approached,
συμπληροῦσθαι (symplērousthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's 4845: To fill completely; pass: To be completed. From sun and pleroo; to implenish completely, i.e. to swamp, or to accomplish.

[Jesus]
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

resolutely set out
ἐστήρισεν (estērisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4741: From a presumed derivative of histemi; to set fast, i.e. to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or to confirm.

for
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Jerusalem.
Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalēm)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2419: Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.


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