Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 9:53

"And they did not receive him, because his face was [as though he were] going to Jerusalem." — Luke 9:53 (ASV)

They did not receive him.—The reason thus given exactly agrees with what has been stated above. It will be remembered that when He had visited Samaria before, it was on His return, not directly from Jerusalem, but from some unknown region of Judea where He had been baptizing (John 3:22; John 4:3).