Luke 9:61 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. ”

Luke 9:61 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bid them farewell - To take leave, inform them of the design, and set things at home in order. Jesus did not suffer this, because he probably saw that he would be influenced by a love of his frie...
Luke 9:61 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. (15) Those who follow Christ must at once renounce all worldly cares.
Luke 9:61 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Aspirants to Discipleship ( Matthew 8:19-22 *), 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...
Luke 9:61 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

let . allow. Verses Luke 61:62 are peculiar to Luke. at home at my house . in (Greek. eis.App-104.) my house, or at home.
Luke 9:61 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 . And another said. Matthew does not mention this third person. It appears that he was too strongly attached to the world, to be ready and prepared to follow Christ. True, he offer...
Luke 9:61 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1510 APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES TO DISTINCT CHARACTERS Luke 9:57-62 . It came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever th...
Luke 9:61 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. Another also said - This circumstance is not mentioned by any of the other evang...
Luke 9:61 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But let me first go, &c.— The phrase αποταξασθαι τοις εις τον οικον μου, signifies, "Permit me first to go and settle the affairs of my family, and take my leave of them who are at my house;...
Luke 9:61 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 8:18-22 .
Luke 9:61 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Feeding the Five Thousand. Peter's Confession. The Transfiguration 1-6. Mission of the Twelve ( Matthew 10:1 ; Matthew 10:5-15 ; Mark 6:7-13 ). See on Mt.
Luke 9:61 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lord, I will follow thee. — This third example of our Lord’s method of dealing with half-hearted disciples is peculiar to St. Luke. Here, as in the first instance, there is what has the appearance...
Luke 9:61 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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, ale...
Luke 9:61 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 the...
Luke 9:61 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 t...
Luke 9:61 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And another also said ,.... "To him", as the Syriac and Arabic versions add, that is, to Christ; the Ethiopic version reads, "and a third said to him"; for this is the third person mentioned in this...
Luke 9:61 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Luke 9:61 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 9:61 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Every Thing to Be Left for Christ. 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I wi...
Luke 9:61 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Ver. 61,62. Matthew (who mentioned the other two) mentions not this third person. Some doubt whether we well translate these words, apotaxasyai toiv eiv ton oikon mou, bid them at my house...
Luke 9:61 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Three Disciples Are Challenged With Following Jesus (9:57-62). The Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1-4 commences with, ‘Hallowed be Your Name' (by the bringing about of Your will in purifying Your peop...
Luke 9:61 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 chronol...
Luke 9:61 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 m...
Luke 9:61 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 I...
Luke 9:61 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 AB...
Luke 9:61 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 9:1-42 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...
Luke 9:61 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Discipleship of Christ.
Luke 9:61 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:20 ; Deuteronomy 33:9 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Luke 14:18-20 ; Luke 14:26 ; Matthew 10:37 ; Matthew 10:38
Luke 9:61 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house — As Elisha did after Elijah had called him from the plough, 1 Kings 19:19 ; to which our Lord's answer seems to allude.

Luke 9:61 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 9:61 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 9:61 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 9:61 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 9:61 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 9:61 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 9:61 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 9:61 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 9:61 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 9:61 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 9:61 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 9:61 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 9:61 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 9:61 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 9:61 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 9:61 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 9:61 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 9:61 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 9:61 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 9:61 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 9:61 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes