Luke 9:41Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
The setting
Mount Hermon region, northern Israel, ~29 AD. Jesus has just witnessed divine glory on the mountain, only to find His disciples failing and crowds doubting below.
The emotion here: exhausted frustration after experiencing heaven then returning to earth's brokenness
The original word
apistos (ἄπιστος) — without faith, untrustworthy, unreliable
Why it matters
This is one of only three times Jesus expressed frustration with people's unbelief in Luke's Gospel
Read with care
What most readers miss in Luke 9:41
Jesus asks 'how long?' — He's feeling the weight of limited time before the cross
Common misconceptionMany think Jesus was sinfully angry here, but this is righteous frustration with persistent unbelief that hurts people, not sinful impatience.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Luke 9:41
Bible Genome reading
Luke 9:41 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Luke 9:41 comes from the book of Luke, written during the gospel period. These words are attributed to Jesus. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include frustration, faithlessness. Notable phrases: Faithless and perverse generation; how long shall I be with you. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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