Luke 9:59

59 And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

Luke 9:59 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:59

And he said unto another, follow me
According to Matthew, one of his disciples, who had attended him some time, and whom he now called to the ministerial work; (See Gill on Matthew 8:20). The Ethiopic version reads, "another said to him, shall I not follow thee?" but without any foundation: they are certainly the words of Christ, directed to another person, at the same time he met with the former:

but he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father;
(See Gill on Matthew 8:21).

Luke 9:59 In-Context

57 And [as] they were traveling on the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go!"

58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

59 And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

60 But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."

61 And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as an infinitive