Luke 9:59 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:59

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

KJV

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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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 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.

Modern Voices1 voice

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

At this critical moment nothing on earth, however sacred, must be allowed to come between Jesus and the man he has called-not even the law itself.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	He said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
ἕτερον·	heteron	another;	G2087 →
ἀκολούθει	akolouthei	do follow	G190 →
μοι.	moi	Me.	G3165 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord	G2962 →
ἐπίτρεψόν	epitrepson	do allow	G2010 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
ἀπελθόντι	apelthonti	having gone away	G565 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
θάψαι	thapsai	to bury	G2290 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	father	G3962 →
μου.¶	mou	of mine.	G3165 →

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
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
leads to
- Luke 12:31
  But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- John 6:27
  Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 84:11–12
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Through
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2
  Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.