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Luke 9:59

Luke 9:59
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 9:57-62

We have here an account of three several persons that offered themselves to follow Christ, and the answers that Christ gave to each of them. The two former we had an account of in Mat 19:21.

I. Here…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father An ancient, but groundless tradition (Clem. Alex. Strom,ill. 4, § 25), says that this was Philip. This man was already a disciple (Mat 8:21). The request…