Luke 9

Luke 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the sending of the twelve disciples, several great miracles performed by Jesus, the story of his transfiguration, Peter's confession and the final departure from Galilee towards Jerusalem. Scottish minister William Robertson Nicoll describes this chapter as unfolding "sundry particulars which together form the closing scenes of the Galilean ministry". The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles.

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 62 verses. The text as far as verse 50 parallels the contents of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, probably with Mark being the common source for the material, but from verse 51, in the words of the Jerusalem Bible, "Luke deserts Mark" and uses other material as far as Luke 18:14.

American biblical writer Henry Hampton Halley states that between verses 17 and 18, about 8 months intervene. The Syriac version (only) reads "his own twelve". F. W. Farrar notes that Jesus commits to them both his power (capacity to act) and his authority (, exousia, the right to act) over demons. In the parallel account in Mark's Gospel they are sent out "in pairs".

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. The Old Testament prophet Elijah is mentioned five times in this chapter, here and at verses 19, 30, 33 and in some witnesses, verse 54.

Herod said, “John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?” So he sought to see Him. A "glowing reception at court" might have awaited Jesus, but it did not materialise. Peter's answer to Jesus' question is often referred to as "Peter's confession". Presbyterian minister Marvin Vincent notes that "each evangelist gives Peter's confession differently".

And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. Nicoll notes that it is sometimes referred to as the "Samaritan ministry": initially Jesus' disciples visit a Samaritan village (Luke 9:52), where they are not well received, and they continue to "another village", probably back in Galilee.

In , an anonymous person says to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go". In German, it became the title of a hymn "So nimm denn meine Hände" by Julie Hausmann, asking for guidance, and often used for funerals.