Luke 14:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ”

• Luke 14:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See notes on Matthew 10:37-38 .

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• Luke 14:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (6) And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (6) The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to endure all...

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• Luke 14:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Discipleship and its Cost. The passage is a reminder that, despite the universality of the Kingdom, the number of its true subjects is small. To the crowd that is following Him Jesus applies a stri...

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• Luke 14:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  his . his own.

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• Luke 14:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Doth not bear his cross - See on Matthew 10:38 (note); Matthew 16:24 (note).

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• Luke 14:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. If any man come to me, and...

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• Luke 14:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk).

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• Luke 14:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whosoever doth not bear his cross... — See Note on Matthew 10:38 . As now uttered, however, the words had a fresh significance as interpreted by what the disciples had heard from their Master’s li...

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• Luke 14:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 Here we have our Lord's use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming crowds He knew that there were many light and superficial souls who had not realized th...

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• Luke 14:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. Fir...

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• Luke 14:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficien...

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• Luke 14:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whosoever doth not bear his cross ,.... All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies w...

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• Luke 14:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Ver. 27. See Matthew 10:38 ; Matthew 16:24 .

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• Luke 14:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And there went great multitudes with him It seems they accompanied him from place to place, with eager desire, doubtless, to have the Messiah's kingdom erected; proposing to themselves all manner o...

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• Luke 14:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees invited the Lord...

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• Luke 14:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Necessity of Self-denial.       25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,   26 If any man com...

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• Luke 14:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 14:25 "

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• Luke 14:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Call To Discipleship (14:25-35). Luke closes this section off as he opened it by showing Jesus as challenging His disciples and His would be disciples to consider what was involved in what the...

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• Luke 14:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:25 . There went with Him .— I.e. , journeyed with Him; many, if not most, of them being on their way to one of the feasts in Jerusalem. The multitudes were attracted by Ch...

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• Luke 14:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 14:25 . And there went great multitudes with him: During at least a part of his earthly ministry, Christ was very popular. The people crowded to his feet, and they were willing to make him a...

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• Luke 14:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of me...

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• Luke 14:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, etc On taking up the cross Christiani sunt cruciani, says Luther, Christians are cross-bearers. It is in their hearts to bear the cross, whatever it be...

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• Luke 14:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief...

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• Luke 14:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Obligations of Christ's Discipleship. Bearing the cross:

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• Luke 14:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Timothy 3:12 ; Acts 14:22 ; John 19:17 ; Luke 9:23-25 ; Mark 10:21 ; Mark 15:21 ; Mark 8:34-37 ; Matthew 10:38 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Matthew 16:24-26

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