“ But Jesus said unto him,Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. ”
Let the dead bury their dead - The word “dead” is used in this passage in two different senses. It is apparently a paradox, but is suited to convey the idea very distinctly to the mind. The Jews...
Aspirants to Discipleship ( Luke 9:57-60 ). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s order, omitting Mark 1:35-38 , and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first stay at Capernaum what Mk. ( Mark 4:35 to Mar...
let . leave. the dead . corpses. Note the-well-known Figure of speech Antanaclasis (App-6), by which one word is used twice in the same sentence with two meanings which clash against each othe...
22. Allow the dead to bury their dead. By these words Christ does not condemn burial: for it would have been shameful and cruel to throw away the bodies of the dead unburied, and we know tha...
DISCOURSE: 1336 HOW WE ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST Matthew 8:19-22 . A certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes ha...
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Let the dead bury their dead - It was usual for the Jews to consider a man as dead who had departed from the precepts of the law;...
And another—said, &c.— The answer of this disciple supposes that our Saviour had ordered him to follow him. See Luke 9:59 . It is uncertain whether this disciple's father was just dead, or whe...
And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Since this is more fully given in Luke, we must take both together. "And He said unto another of his...
The Leper Cleansed. The Centurion's Servant Healed. Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother and many others. Stilling of the Tempest. Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs 1-4. Cleansing of the leper ( Mark...
Let the dead bury their dead. — The point of the half-epigrammatic, half-proverbial saying, lies in the contrast between the two meanings of the word “dead.” “Let those who have no spiritual life l...
Chapter 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1-34 - Matthew 9:1-35 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23 , we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preach...
Leader of Men and Ruler of Nature Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His powe...
As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use o...
A THREEFOLD FOLLOWING ‘But Jesus said unto him, follow Me; and let the dead bury their dead.’ Matthew 8:22 Whither must we follow Christ? I. Along the road He trod .—That was the road of...
But Jesus said unto him, follow thou me ,.... Christ would not excuse him on this account, but insists on what he had before called him to; to attend upon him, and give himself up to the ministry of...
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Ver. 22. Follow me ] Let go things less necessary, and mind the main. Thy task is long, thy time is short; opportunities are...
And another said, Lord , &c. Luke informs us, Luke 9:59 , that Christ had said to this man, Follow me , to which command he replied, as is here stated, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compa...
Christ's Answer to a Scribe and Another. 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the o...
Ver. 21,22. Luke repeating the same history, Luke 9:59,60 , saith that Christ said to this man, Follow me. He replies, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father; to live at home with my...
Two Disciples Are Faced Up With The Cost Of following Jesus (8:18-22). Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee ( Matthew 8:18 ) sparks off the need...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 8:18 . To depart. —Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their interest in Himself for the future ( Bengel )....
Matthew 8:22 It was the answer of our Lord to one of His disciples, possibly as an old tradition tells us, to the Apostle Philip, who, before following Him, wished to go and bury his father. The e...
Matthew 8:1-2 . When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here o...
Matthew 8:2 . Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him. After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, the...
Master, I will follow Thee. Impetuous and hesitating discipleship I. The significance of Christ’s treatment of the impetuous scribe. He declares his determination to follow Christ, lead where H...
EXPOSITION Matthew 8:1-40 MESSIAH 'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING . We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs...
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1 Timothy 5:6 ; Colossians 2:13 ; Ephesians 2:1 ; Ephesians 2:5 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; John 1:43 ; Luke 15:32 ; Matthew 4:18-22 ; Matthew 9:9
Discipleship in Training Matthew 8:18-34 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be d...
But Jesus said — When God calls, leave the business of the world to them who are dead to God.