Luke 9:57

57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I'll follow you wherever you go."

Luke 9:57 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:57

And it came to pass, as they went in the way
From one village of the Samaritans, to the other; though if this is the same history related in ( Matthew 8:19 ) it was as Christ went from Capernaum to the sea side, in order to go to the other side of it; and must be inserted here, without regard to the order of time:

a certain man said unto him;
if the same as in Matthew, he is there said to be a "Scribe";

Lord, I will follow thee, wheresoever thou goest.
The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read these words by way of question, "Lord, shall I not follow thee wheresoever thou goest?" (See Gill on Matthew 8:19).

Luke 9:57 In-Context

55 But he turned and corrected them.
56 So they went to another village.
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I'll follow you wherever you go."
58 Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to sleep."
59 He told another man, "Follow me!" But the man said, "Sir, first let me go to bury my father."
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