Matteo 8:19

19 Allora uno Scriba, accostatosi, gli disse: Maestro, io ti seguirò, dovunque tu andrai.

Matteo 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 8:19

And a certain Scribe came
"As they went in the way", ( Luke 9:57 ) to go to the sea side, in order to take shipping, and pass to the other shore;

and said unto him, Master, or Rabbi, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
One would have thought, that this man desired in good earnest to be a disciple of Christ, were it not for Christ's answer to him, who knew his heart: from whence it appears, that he, seeing the miracles which Christ wrought, and observing the fame of him among the people, began to think that he would be generally received as the Messiah; and by joining himself to him, promised himself much ease, honour, and wealth. These seem to be the motives, which prevailed upon him to take so sudden and hasty a step; for he did not wait to be called to follow Christ, as the other disciples were, but offers himself to be one; that is, to be one of his intimates, one of his apostles; and besides, he rashly promises to do that, which he knew nothing of, and which in some cases is impossible to be done.

Matteo 8:19 In-Context

17 acciocchè si adempiesse ciò che fu detto dal profeta Isaia dicendo: Egli ha prese sopra di sè le nostre infermità, ed ha portate le nostre malattie.

18 OR Gesù, vedendo d’intorno a sè molte turbe, comandò che si passasse all’altra riva.

19 Allora uno Scriba, accostatosi, gli disse: Maestro, io ti seguirò, dovunque tu andrai.

20 E Gesù gli disse: Le volpi hanno delle tane, e gli uccelli del cielo de’ nidi; ma il Figliuol dell’uomo non ha pur dove posare il capo.

21 Poi un altro, ch’era de’ suoi discepoli, gli disse: Signore, permettimi che prima io vada, e seppellisca mio padre.