Luke 9:57
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As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Read Luke 9:57 Using Other Translations
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
What does Luke 9:57 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 9:57
And it came to pass, as they went in the way
From one village of the Samaritans, to the other; though if this
is the same history related in ( Matthew 8:19
) it was as Christ went from Capernaum to the sea side, in order
to go to the other side of it; and must be inserted here, without
regard to the order of time:
a certain man said unto him;
if the same as in Matthew, he is there said to be a "Scribe";
Lord, I will follow thee, wheresoever thou
goest.
The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read these words by way of
question, "Lord, shall I not follow thee wheresoever thou goest?"
(See Gill on Matthew
8:19).
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