Luke 9:51

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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,

That

He stedfastly

1 Peter 4:1

General references

Matthew 26:46

Luke 17:11

John 4:4

Bible References

That

As he was in the act of blessing them, he left them [and was carried up into Heaven.]

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

"Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me--'Where are you going?'

Now I am to be in this world no longer, but they are still to be in the world, and I am to come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by that revelation of thy Name which thou has given me, that they may be one, as we are.

Down to that day on which he was taken up to Heaven, after he had, by the help of the Holy Spirit, given instructions to the Apostles whom he had chosen.

The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and 'caused him to sit at his right hand' on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,

That is why it is said--'When he went up on high, he led his captives into captivity. And gave gifts to mankind.'

Yes, and confessedly wonderful are the deep truths of our religion; for-- 'He was revealed in our nature, pronounced righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory.'

where Jesus, our Forerunner, has entered on our behalf, after being made for all time a High Priest of the order of Melchizedek.

our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

who has gone into Heaven, and is at God's right hand, where Angels and Archangels and the Powers of Heaven now yield submission to him.

He stedfastly

There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!

And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

He came to see us, and, taking Paul's girdle, and binding his own feet and hands with it, said: "This is what the Holy Spirit says--'The man to whom this girdle belongs will be bound like this at Jerusalem by the Jews, and they will give him up to the Gentiles'."

I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.

Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

General references

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.

He had to pass through Samaria,