Luke 9:58 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:58

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

KJV

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

He compares foxes to heretics, because they are indeed a wily animal, and, ever intent upon fraud, commit their robberies by stealth. They let nothing be safe, nothing be at rest, nothing secure, for they hunt their prey into the very abodes of men. The fox again, an animal full of craft, makes no hole for itself, yet likes to lie always concealed in a hole. So the heretics, who know not how to construct a house for themselves, circumscribe and deceive others. This animal is never tamed, nor is it of use to man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Jesus said unto him, foxes have holes,.... Both the words of this man to Christ, and Christ's answer to him, are exactly the same as in Matthew, which makes it look as if it was the same history; though it is not improbable, that Christ might be accosted in the same manner by another person, at another time and place, and return a like answer to each; See Gill on Mat 8:20.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2273: “Fickle Followers” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1892)

SOMETIMES nobody appeared to come to Christ. He preached, but no followers appeared as the result of His preaching. At another time, we see that many came and desired to be numbered with His disciples, but they were not all of the right kind. Luke has collected here three instances which I think are typical of many more of those who seemed to be true followers of Jesus, who, nevertheless, did not continue with Him and were not really converts.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
αἱ	hai	The	G3588 →
ἀλώπεκες	alōpekes	foxes	G258 →
φωλεοὺς	phōleous	holes	G5454 →
ἔχουσιν,	echousin	have,	G2192 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πετεινὰ	peteina	birds	G4071 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	air	G3772 →
κατασκηνώσεις·	kataskēnōseis	nests;	G2682 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	but	G1161 →
υἱὸς	huios	the Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
κλίνῃ.¶	klinē	He may lay.	G2827 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
leads to
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Philippians 2:6–8
  Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Matthew 20:28
  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10
  sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Through
Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
leads to
- Psalms 84:3
  Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
- Luke 2:7
  And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Through
Psalms 84:3
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
leads to
- Psalms 90:1
  Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.