Luke 18:28

28 And Peter said, "Behold, we have left {all that is ours} [and] followed you."

Luke 18:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 18:28

Then Peter said
"To him", as the Syriac and Arabic versions add; that is, to the Lord Jesus, as the Ethiopic version expresses it; who was always the most forward to speak on any occasion: he observing what was required of the young man, and how unwilling he was to comply with it, and the difficulty in every rich man's way of entrance into the kingdom of God, spoke as follows;

lo, we have left all:
the Arabic version reads, "all ours"; all we had, our friends, trades, and worldly substance;

and followed thee:
in ( Matthew 19:27 ) it is added, "what shall we have therefore"; referring to the promise of Christ, to the young man, that should he sell all he had, and give it to the poor, he should have treasure in heaven; (See Gill on Matthew 19:27).

Luke 18:28 In-Context

26 So those who heard [this] said, "And who can be saved?"

27 But he said, "[What is] impossible with men is possible with God."

28 And Peter said, "Behold, we have left {all that is ours} [and] followed you."

29 And he said to them, "Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God,

30 who will not receive many times more in this time and in the age to come, eternal life."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "our own"
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("have left") has been translated as a finite verb