Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 9:55-56

"But he turned, and rebuked them. And they went to another village." — Luke 9:55-56 (ASV)

But he turned and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

If that principle had always been remembered, and followed, there would have been no persecution. To cause a man to suffer in his person, or in his estate, because of his religious opinions, be they what they may, is a violation of Christianity. Consciences belong to God alone; and it is not for us to be calling for fire, the stake, the rack or imprisonment, for men because they do not believe as we do. The Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.