Luke 9:59

59 ait autem ad alterum sequere me ille autem dixit Domine permitte mihi primum ire sepelire patrem meum

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 factum est autem ambulantibus illis in via dixit quidam ad illum sequar te quocumque ieris
58 et ait illi Iesus vulpes foveas habent et volucres caeli nidos Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet
59 ait autem ad alterum sequere me ille autem dixit Domine permitte mihi primum ire sepelire patrem meum
60 dixitque ei Iesus sine ut mortui sepeliant mortuos suos tu autem vade adnuntia regnum Dei
61 et ait alter sequar te Domine sed primum permitte mihi renuntiare his qui domi sunt
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