Let the dead bury their dead, &c.— See the notes on Matthew 8:21. The present circumstance was plainly extraordinary, and might turn on reasons unknown to us. Christ might, for instance, foresee some particular obstruction that would have arisen from the interview with this person's friends at his father's funeral, and have prevented his devoting himself to the ministry; to which he might refer by saying, Let the dead bury their dead.
See the notes at Matthew 8:19....
IV. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 9:51-19:27 CHAPTER 9:51-62 _ 1. His Face Set Toward Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51)_ 2. The Rejected Messengers and His Rebuke. (Luke 9:53) 3. Tests of Discipleship....
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Matthew 8:19 *), Lk.'s setting is preferred by some to Mt.'s, and his version of the second case (Luke 9:59 = Matthew 8:21) in which Jesus begins, and the man is not yet a d...
As they were journeying along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus said to him, "The foxes have dens; the birds of the air have places to roost; but the Son of Man...
EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...
THEIR. their own. PREACH. declare. Greek. _diangello._ App-121. Occurs elsewhere only in Acts 21:26 (signify). Romans 9:17....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_Let the dead bury their dead_ i.e. let the _spiritually_dead (Ephesians 2:1; John 5:24-25) bury their physically dead. "Amandus est generator, sed praeponendus est Creator," Aug. The general lesson i...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
THE THREE ASPIRANTS...
ἌΦΕΣ ΤΟῪΣ ΝΕΚΡΟῪΣ ΘΆΨΑΙ ΤΟῪΣ ἙΑΥΤΩ͂Ν ΝΕΚΡΟΎΣ. ‘_Leave the dead to_,’ &c. Vulg[209] _dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos_, i.e. let the _spiritually_ dead (Ephesians 2:1; John 5:24-25) bury their phy...
Ver 57. And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have n...
_PUT YOUR HAND TO THE PLOUGH AND DO NOT LOOK BACK -- LUKE 9:37-62:_ Our faith in the Christ will grow if we have faith in His power. His power was seen as He healed a severely demon possessed boy and...
ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) позволять, с _inf._ ΝΕΚΡΌΣ (G3498) мертвый. "Пусть (духовно) умершие хоронят (физически) умерших" (Marshall), ΆΠΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part., см._ Luke 9:57. _Сопу...
DISCOURSE: 1510 APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES TO DISTINCT CHARACTERS Luke 9:57. 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....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 6 Taming Temperaments (Luke 9:46-62) 46 And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he to...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Dedication Demanded Scripture_ Luke 9:57-62 And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Th...
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. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 8:18....
45 The Lord was not misled by the amazement of the multitude. He knew their fickleness and unbelief. But He was concerned more particularly that His disciples should not be deceived by the great impre...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. PETER'S CONFESSION. THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-6. Mission of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5; Mark 6:7). See on Mt....
JESUS IS JOINED BY NEW DISCIPLES. See on Matthew 8:19. 61, 62. Peculiar to Lk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS SENDS OUT THE 12 *APOSTLES 9:1-10 V1 Jesus called the 12 *apostles together. He gave them power and authority over all *demons and diseases....
(57-60) LORD, I WILL FOLLOW THEE. — See Notes on Matthew 8:19. The two anecdotes, if we may so call them, are placed by the two Evangelists in a very different connection. It is clear that their isola...
_The second case_ (Matthew 8:21-22). ἀκολούθει μοι. Jesus takes the initiative in this case. That He should not have done so in the first is intelligible if the aspirant was a _scribe_. Jesus did not...
_New disciples_. ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ : the indication of time is not precise. It does not mean, on the way to the other village, mentioned just before (Meyer), but on the way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). Grotius t...
THE STEADFAST FACE Luke 9:51-62 The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7. But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, alert, eag...
As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power they...
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury (o) their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. (o) Who, even though they live in this frail life of man, yet are strangers from the true life, which...
Bury their dead, &c. Though this was an act of religion, yet it was not permitted him; that we may learn to prefer always the concerns of God to all human considerations. (St. Ambrose) --- However nec...
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
2 _d. Luke 9:59-60_. Luke says, _another_ (individual); Matthew, _another of His disciples._ The scribe had offered himself; this latter is addressed by Jesus. Luke alone indicates the contrast which...
2. _The Three Disciples: Luke 9:57-62_. Two of these short episodes are also connected in Matthew (Matthew 8); but by him they are placed at the time when Jesus is setting out on His excursion into De...
(57) 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. (58) And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of th...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
Luke 9:60._But go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God. _Matthew has only the words, _Follow me: _but Luke states more fully the reason why he was called, which was, that he might be a minister and pr...
In chapter 9 the Lord charges the disciples with the same mission in Israel as that which He Himself fulfilled. They preach the kingdom, heal the sick, and cast out devils. But this is added, that the...
JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD,.... Matthew 8:22. BUT GO THOU AND PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD; that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, the Gospel dispensation is now ushering in, and t...
_And it came to pass as they went in the way_ This and the following seem to be the same occurrences with those mentioned by Matthew, which took place as Christ was in the neighbourhood of Capernaum,...
The claims of Jesus Christ to immediate and unreserved obedience are supreme; and no earthly connections or engagements can justify any in delaying to give him the homage of their hearts and the servi...
TRUE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST....
JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD; BUT GO THOU AND PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and its...
57-62 Here is one that is forward to follow Christ, but seems to have been hasty and rash, and not to have counted the cost. If we mean to follow Christ, we must lay aside the thoughts of great thing...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 9:59...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I , again, when He said, "Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God,"[106] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Quod si usurpent voce...
Luke 9:60 G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Let G863 (G5628) dead G3498 bury G2
‘But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and publish abroad the Kingly Rule of God.” Jesus counters the earnest young man's argument, giving him a chance to think it ove...
THREE DISCIPLES ARE CHALLENGED WITH FOLLOWING JESUS (9:57-62). The Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1 commences with, ‘Hallowed be Your Name' (by the bringing about of Your will in purifying Your people - Eze...
Luke 9:60. BUT GO THOU AND PUBLISH ABROAD THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Peculiar to Luke. ‘Publish abroad,' pointing to a wide announcement, suggests the possibility that this incident was connected with the se...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
LEAVE THE DEAD TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD (αφες τους νεκρους θαψα τους εαυτων νεκρους). This paradox occurs so in Matthew 8:22. The explanation is that the spiritually dead can bury the literally dead....
Luke 9:59 Our Lord's words in the text seem at first sight harsh and severe. They are regarded by many as breathing the very spirit of those religious movements and institutions which dissolve the ne...
Luke 9:57. _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._ He was a volunteer; but his zeal was too hot to hold...
Our Lord had been on the mountain, and had been transfigured; and when he came down, the first person that he met was the devil, with whom he had to come in contact. Whenever you or I get up on the mo...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent forth to preach and their return. 5000 fed. Peter's confession of Christ. The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the demon ridden boy. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism...
Luke 9:1. _He called his twelve disciples together,_ privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in Isaia...
A CERTAIN MAN SAID TO JESUS. This must have happened many times. See notes on Matthew 8:18-22. Matthew identifies this man as a teacher of the Law. I WILL FOLLOW YOU. That is, become a disciple and tr...
_Lord, I will follow Thee_ FARING WHOLLY WITH CHRIST We have here, in connection, the story of three inquirers who came in turn to Christ. I. THE PROVIDENTIAL CONDITIONS OF THE NEW LIFE ARE ABSOLUT...
_Let the dead bury their dead_ CHRIST’S INVITATION PUT OFF We have now before us one of those who excuse themselves from immediate compliance with the Saviour’s demands--“Lord, suffer me first to go...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:60 LEAVE THE DEAD TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD constitutes a pun in which “dead” means both spiritually dead (compare Luke 15:24) and physically dead....
JESUS HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS MATTHEW 8:14-17; MARK 1:29-34; LUKE 4:38-41; MATTHEW 8:14 And when Jesus was come int
CHAPTER 9 Ver. 8. _One of the old prophets was risen again._ As Enoch and Elias will rise again before the end of all things, to resist Antichrist. In like manner as Peter, Bishop and Martyr, the son...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 9:57. IN THE WAY.—Perhaps to the other village. It may be, however, that this is an indefinite form of expression, owing to the fact that St. Luke here departs from chronological...
EXPOSITION LUKE 9:1 _The Master sends out the twelve on a mission_. LUKE 9:1 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. The Galilee ministry was just over; _outwardly_ it had been a triumphant...
Let's turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 9. Luke here records the sending of the twelve to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. This is not to be confused with the...
1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Timothy 2:3;...
Their dead [τ ο υ ς ε α υ τ ω ν ν ε κ ρ ο υ ς]. As Rev., their own dead. Preach [δ ι α γ γ ε λ λ ε]. Publish abroad, as Rev. dia, throughout all regions. 61, 62. Peculiar to Luke....
(CF. LUKE 9:60)— Wasn’t it absurd for Jesus to tell the dead to bury their own dead? PROBLEM: A man wanted to follow Jesus but first asked Jesus if he could go and bury his father. Jesus responded, “...