Matthew 8:19

certain scribe said... I will follow thee.

Though this scribe belonged to. class which, as. body, rejected Christ he was disposed to be. disciple (see verse 21), but had not counted the cost of giving up all and following the Lord. This offer was to attach himself to the company who attended the Savior's footsteps. It frequently happens that we may learn the true character of persons admitted to the Lord's presence, not so much by their declarations or questions, as by his answers. For he saw their hearts, and in their hearts read the real meaning and motive of their words. This man was "a scribe," and he probably had an eye to some post of high honor and worldly distinction in Christ's kingdom; hence the discomfiture of his ambitious hopes in the meek and lowly disclaimer.