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Selected Verse: Luke 9:61 - Strong Concordance
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| Lu 9:61 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] another [2087] also [2532] said [2036], Lord [2962], I will follow [190] thee [4671]; but [1161] let [2010] me [3427] first [4412] go bid them farewell [657], which are at home at [1519] my [3450] house [3624]. |
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King James |
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF DISCIPLESHIP. (Luk 9:57-62)
I will follow . . . but--The second disciple had a "but" too--a difficulty in the way just then. Yet the different treatment of the two cases shows how different was the spirit of the two, and to that our Lord addressed Himself. The case of Elisha (Kg1 19:19-21), though apparently similar to this, will be found quite different from the "looking back" of this case, the best illustration of which is that of those Hindu converts of our day who, when once persuaded to leave their spiritual fathers in order to "bid them farewell which are at home at their house," very rarely return to them. (Also see on Mat 8:21.) |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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 friends, or by their persuasions, not to return to him. The purpose to be a Christian requires "decision." Men should not tamper with the world. They should not consult earthly friends about it. They should not even allow worldly friends to give them "advice" whether to be Christians or not. God is to be obeyed rather than man, and they should come forth boldly, and resolve at once to give themselves to his service. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
To bid farewell (ἀποτάξασθαι)
In this sense the word is used only in later Greek. In classical Greek it signifies to set apart or assign, as a soldier to his post or an official to his office, and later to detach soldiers. Hence to dismiss one with orders. This latter sense may, as Kypke suggests, be included in the meaning of the word in this passage; the man desiring to return home, not merely to take formal leave, but also to give his final instructions to his friends and servants. Similarly, Act 18:18, of Paul taking leave of the brethren at Corinth, and, presumably, giving them instructions at parting. In the New Testament the word is used invariably in the sense of bidding farewell. Mar 6:46 is rendered by Rev. after he had taken leave of them. See note there, and compare Luk 14:33; Co2 2:13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house - As Elisha did after Elijah had called him from the plough, Kg1 19:19; to which our Lord's answer seems to allude. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Another also said - This circumstance is not mentioned by any of the other evangelists; and Matthew alone mentions the former case, Luk 9:57, Luk 9:58.
Let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home - Επιτρεψον μοι αποταξασθαι τοις εις τον οικον μου - Permit me to set in order my affairs at home. Those who understand the Greek text will see at once that it will bear this translation well; and that this is the most natural. This person seems to have had in view the case of Elisha, who made a similar request to the Prophet Elijah, Kg1 19:19, Kg1 19:20, which request was granted by the prophet; but our Lord, seeing that this person had too much attachment to the earth, and that his return to worldly employments, though for a short time, was likely to become the means of stifling the good desires which he now felt, refused to grant him that permission. That which we object to the execution of God's designs is sometimes the very thing from which we should immediately disengage ourselves. |
21 And [1161] another [2087] of his [846] disciples [3101] said [2036] unto him [846], Lord [2962], suffer [2010] me [3427] first [4412] to go [565] and [2532] bury [2290] my [3450] father [3962].
19 So he departed [03212] thence, and found [04672] Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202], who was plowing [02790] with twelve [08147] [06240] yoke [06776] of oxen before [06440] him, and he with the twelfth [08147] [06240]: and Elijah [0452] passed [05674] by him, and cast [07993] his mantle [0155] upon him.
20 And he left [05800] the oxen [01241], and ran [07323] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, kiss [05401] my father [01] and my mother [0517], and then I will follow [03212] [0310] thee. And he said [0559] unto him, Go back [03212] again [07725]: for what have I done [06213] to thee?
21 And he returned back [07725] from him [0310], and took [03947] a yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and slew [02076] them, and boiled [01310] their flesh [01320] with the instruments [03627] of the oxen [01241], and gave [05414] unto the people [05971], and they did eat [0398]. Then he arose [06965], and went [03212] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and ministered [08334] unto him.
57 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, as they [846] went [4198] in [1722] the way [3598], a certain [5100] man said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Lord [2962], I will follow [190] thee [4671] whithersoever [3699] [302] thou goest [565].
58 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Foxes [258] have [2192] holes [5454], and [2532] birds [4071] of the air [3772] have nests [2682]; but [1161] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] not [3756] where [4226] to lay [2827] his head [2776].
59 And [1161] he said [2036] unto [4314] another [2087], Follow [190] me [3427]. But [1161] he said [2036], Lord [2962], suffer [2010] me [3427] first [4412] to go [565] and bury [2290] my [3450] father [3962].
60 [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Let [863] the dead [3498] bury [2290] their [1438] dead [3498]: but [1161] go [565] thou [4771] and preach [1229] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
61 And [1161] another [2087] also [2532] said [2036], Lord [2962], I will follow [190] thee [4671]; but [1161] let [2010] me [3427] first [4412] go bid them farewell [657], which are at home at [1519] my [3450] house [3624].
62 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], No man [3762], having put [1911] his [846] hand [5495] to [1909] the plough [723], and [2532] looking [991] back [1519] [3694], is [2076] fit [2111] for [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
13 I had [2192] no [3756] rest [425] in my [3450] spirit [4151], because I [3165] found [2147] not [3361] Titus [5103] my [3450] brother [80]: but [235] taking my leave [657] of them [846], I went from thence [1831] into [1519] Macedonia [3109].
33 So [3779] likewise [3767], whosoever [3956] he be of [1537] you [5216] that [3739] forsaketh [657] not [3756] all [3956] that he hath [5224] [1438], he cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
46 And [2532] when he had sent [657] them [846] away [657], he departed [565] into [1519] a mountain [3735] to pray [4336].
18 And [1161] Paul [3972] after this tarried [4357] there yet [2089] a good [2425] while [2250], and then took his leave [657] of the brethren [80], and sailed thence [1602] into [1519] Syria [4947], and [2532] with [4862] him [846] Priscilla [4252] and [2532] Aquila [207]; having shorn [2751] his head [2776] in [1722] Cenchrea [2747]: for [1063] he had [2192] a vow [2171].
19 So he departed [03212] thence, and found [04672] Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202], who was plowing [02790] with twelve [08147] [06240] yoke [06776] of oxen before [06440] him, and he with the twelfth [08147] [06240]: and Elijah [0452] passed [05674] by him, and cast [07993] his mantle [0155] upon him.
20 And he left [05800] the oxen [01241], and ran [07323] after [0310] Elijah [0452], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, kiss [05401] my father [01] and my mother [0517], and then I will follow [03212] [0310] thee. And he said [0559] unto him, Go back [03212] again [07725]: for what have I done [06213] to thee?
19 So he departed [03212] thence, and found [04672] Elisha [0477] the son [01121] of Shaphat [08202], who was plowing [02790] with twelve [08147] [06240] yoke [06776] of oxen before [06440] him, and he with the twelfth [08147] [06240]: and Elijah [0452] passed [05674] by him, and cast [07993] his mantle [0155] upon him.
58 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Foxes [258] have [2192] holes [5454], and [2532] birds [4071] of the air [3772] have nests [2682]; but [1161] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] not [3756] where [4226] to lay [2827] his head [2776].
57 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, as they [846] went [4198] in [1722] the way [3598], a certain [5100] man said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Lord [2962], I will follow [190] thee [4671] whithersoever [3699] [302] thou goest [565].