Luke 14:27

27 et qui non baiulat crucem suam et venit post me non potest esse meus discipulus

Luke 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:27

Whosoever doth not bear his cross
All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:

and come after me;
bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;

cannot be my disciple;
he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.

Luke 14:27 In-Context

25 ibant autem turbae multae cum eo et conversus dixit ad illos

26 si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum et matrem et uxorem et filios et fratres et sorores adhuc autem et animam suam non potest esse meus discipulus

27 et qui non baiulat crucem suam et venit post me non potest esse meus discipulus

28 quis enim ex vobis volens turrem aedificare non prius sedens conputat sumptus qui necessarii sunt si habet ad perficiendum

29 ne posteaquam posuerit fundamentum et non potuerit perficere omnes qui vident incipiant inludere ei