Luke 9:59

59 εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς ἕτερον · Ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν · Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ἀπελθόντι πρῶτον ⸃ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου.

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 Καὶ πορευομένων αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπέν τις πρὸς αὐτόν · Ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ.

58 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς · Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ.

59 εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς ἕτερον · Ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν · Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ἀπελθόντι πρῶτον ⸃ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου.

60 εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ · Ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, σὺ δὲ ἀπελθὼν διάγγελλε τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.

61 εἶπεν δὲ καὶ ἕτερος · Ἀκολουθήσω σοι, κύριε · πρῶτον δὲ ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ἀποτάξασθαι τοῖς εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου.