Matthew 8:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

unto him. No Preposition.

air. heaven.

nests. roosts.

the Son of Man. He Who has dominion in the earth. The first of eighty-seven occurrences. See App-98. to lay. He may lay. Compare Revelation 14:14. Rev 14:21

another. a different one: Greek. heteros. i.e.. disciple, not. "scribe" (Matthew 8:19). App-124.

suffer me, &c.. allow me, &c. This was, and is to-day,. polite way of excusing one's self, it being well understood as such, because all knew that the dead are buried on the day of the death, and no one leaves the house.

first. No! See Matthew 6:33.

Matthew 8:20

20 And Jesus saith unto him,The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.