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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Barnes' Notes
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,…
Adam Clarke
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…
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…
Cambridge Bible
61.let me first go bid them farewell The incident and the allusion closely resemble the call of Elisha (1Ki 19:20). But the call of Jesus is more pressing and momentous than that of Elijah. "The East…
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