Luke 9:61 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:61

Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

KJV

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Bid them farewell - To take leave, inform them of the design, and set things at home in order. Jesus did not suffer this, because he probably saw that he would be influenced by a love of his friends, or by their persuasions, not to return to him. The purpose to be a Christian requires “decision.” Men should not tamper with the world. They should not consult earthly friends about it. They should not even allow worldly friends to give them “advice” whether to be Christians or not.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house - As Elisha did after Elijah had called him from the plough, 1 Kings xix, 19; to which our Lord's answer seems to allude.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἶπεν	Eipen	Said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἕτερος·	heteros	another;	G2087 →
ἀκολουθήσω	akolouthēsō	I will follow	G190 →
σοι,	soi	You,	G4771 →
κύριε·	kurie	Lord;	G2962 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐπίτρεψόν	epitrepson	do allow	G2010 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
ἀποτάξασθαι	apotaxasthai	to bid farewell	G657 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
εἰς	eis	at	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
οἶκόν	oikon	home	G3624 →
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
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
leads to
- Matthew 10:37
  Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:25
  Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Philippians 3:8
  More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…
- Acts 20:24
  But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
- Psalms 73:25–26
  Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Through
1 Kings 19:20
So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I…
leads to
- Matthew 8:21–22
  Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Luke 9:61–62
  Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
Through
Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
leads to
- Exodus 32:25–29
  Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.