Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 9:58
But Jesus said to him — First understand the terms: consider on what conditions thou art to follow me.
But Jesus said to him — First understand the terms: consider on what conditions thou art to follow me.
See the notes at Matthew 8:19....
IV. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 9:51-19:27 CHAPTER 9:51-62 _ 1. His Face Set Toward Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51)_ 2. The Rejected Messengers and His Rebuke. (Luke 9:53) 3. Tests of Discipleship....
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Matthew 8:19 *), Lk.'s setting is preferred by some to Mt.'s, and his version of the second case (Luke 9:59 = Matthew 8:21) in which Jesus begins, and the man is not yet a d...
EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...
As they were journeying along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus said to him, "The foxes have dens; the birds of the air have places to roost; but the Son of Man...
THE AIR. the heaven, as in Luke 9:54. HATH NOT WHERE, &c. See note on Matthew 8:20, and compare Revelation 14:14....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_Jesus said unto him_ "In the man's flaring enthusiasm He saw the smoke of egotistical self-deceit" (Lange), and therefore He coldly checked a proffered devotion which would not have stood the test. _...
THE THREE ASPIRANTS...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ΕἾΠΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι Ὁ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ. “In the man’s flaring enthusiasm He saw the smoke of egotistical self-deceit” (Lange), and therefore He coldly checked a proffered devotion which would not have stood the test...
Ver 57. And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have n...
_PUT YOUR HAND TO THE PLOUGH AND DO NOT LOOK BACK -- LUKE 9:37-62:_ Our faith in the Christ will grow if we have faith in His power. His power was seen as He healed a severely demon possessed boy and...
ΆΛΏΠΕΚΕΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΆΛΏΠΗΞ (G258) лиса, ΦΩΛΕΌΣ (G6837) логово, звериная нора, ΚΑΤΑΣΚΉΝΩΣΙΣ (G2682) гнездо, насест (Plumter), ΚΛΊΝΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΚΛΊΝΩ (G2827) клонить. _Conj._ в indef....
DISCOURSE: 1510 APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES TO DISTINCT CHARACTERS Luke 9:57. It came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 6 Taming Temperaments (Luke 9:46-62) 46 And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he to...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Dedication Demanded Scripture_ Luke 9:57-62 And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Th...
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 8:18....
45 The Lord was not misled by the amazement of the multitude. He knew their fickleness and unbelief. But He was concerned more particularly that His disciples should not be deceived by the great impre...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. PETER'S CONFESSION. THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-6. Mission of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5; Mark 6:7). See on Mt....
JESUS IS JOINED BY NEW DISCIPLES. See on Matthew 8:19. 61, 62. Peculiar to Lk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS SENDS OUT THE 12 *APOSTLES 9:1-10 V1 Jesus called the 12 *apostles together. He gave them power and authority over all *demons and diseases....
(57-60) LORD, I WILL FOLLOW THEE. — See Notes on Matthew 8:19. The two anecdotes, if we may so call them, are placed by the two Evangelists in a very different connection. It is clear that their isola...
This remarkable saying is given in identical terms by Mt. and Lk. _Vide_ on Mt....
_New disciples_. ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ : the indication of time is not precise. It does not mean, on the way to the other village, mentioned just before (Meyer), but on the way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). Grotius t...
THE STEADFAST FACE Luke 9:51-62 The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7. But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, alert, eag...
As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power they...
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
1 _st. Luke 9:57-58_. Luke says, _a certain man;_ in Matthew it is a scribe. Why this difference, if they follow the same document? The homage of the man breathed a blind confidence in his own streng...
2. _The Three Disciples: Luke 9:57-62_. Two of these short episodes are also connected in Matthew (Matthew 8); but by him they are placed at the time when Jesus is setting out on His excursion into De...
(57) And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (58) And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of th...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
In chapter 9 the Lord charges the disciples with the same mission in Israel as that which He Himself fulfilled. They preach the kingdom, heal the sick, and cast out devils. But this is added, that the...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FOXES HAVE HOLES,.... Both the words of this man to Christ, and Christ's answer to him, are exactly the same as in Matthew, which makes it look as if it was the same history;...
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air _have_ nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay _his_ head. Ver. 58. _And Jesus said unto them_] Christ had felt his pulse and f...
_And it came to pass as they went in the way_ This and the following seem to be the same occurrences with those mentioned by Matthew, which took place as Christ was in the neighbourhood of Capernaum,...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FOXES HAVE HOLES, AND BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HATH NOT WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD....
TRUE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST....
THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and its...
57-62 Here is one that is forward to follow Christ, but seems to have been hasty and rash, and not to have counted the cost. If we mean to follow Christ, we must lay aside the thoughts of great thing...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 9:57...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I This, I think, is signified by the utterance of the Saviour, "The foxes have holes, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head."[44] Tertullian On Idolat...
Luke 9:58 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Foxes G258 have G2192 (G5719) holes...
‘And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” ' Jesus' reply lays down the requirements for His disciples, and...
THREE DISCIPLES ARE CHALLENGED WITH FOLLOWING JESUS (9:57-62). The Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1 commences with, ‘Hallowed be Your Name' (by the bringing about of Your will in purifying Your people - Eze...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
Luke 9:57. _And it came to pass, that, as they went in, the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest._ He was a volunteer; but his zeal was too hot to hold...
Our Lord had been on the mountain, and had been transfigured; and when he came down, the first person that he met was the devil, with whom he had to come in contact. Whenever you or I get up on the mo...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent forth to preach and their return. 5000 fed. Peter's confession of Christ. The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the demon ridden boy. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism...
Luke 9:1. _He called his twelve disciples together,_ privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in Isaia...
A CERTAIN MAN SAID TO JESUS. This must have happened many times. See notes on Matthew 8:18-22. Matthew identifies this man as a teacher of the Law. I WILL FOLLOW YOU. That is, become a disciple and tr...
_Lord, I will follow Thee_ FARING WHOLLY WITH CHRIST We have here, in connection, the story of three inquirers who came in turn to Christ. I. THE PROVIDENTIAL CONDITIONS OF THE NEW LIFE ARE ABSOLUT...
JESUS HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS MATTHEW 8:14-17; MARK 1:29-34; LUKE 4:38-41; MATTHEW 8:14 And when Jesus was come int
CHAPTER 9 Ver. 8. _One of the old prophets was risen again._ As Enoch and Elias will rise again before the end of all things, to resist Antichrist. In like manner as Peter, Bishop and Martyr, the son...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 9:57. IN THE WAY.—Perhaps to the other village. It may be, however, that this is an indefinite form of expression, owing to the fact that St. Luke here departs from chronological...
EXPOSITION LUKE 9:1 _The Master sends out the twelve on a mission_. LUKE 9:1 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. The Galilee ministry was just over; _outwardly_ it had been a triumphant...
Let's turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 9. Luke here records the sending of the twelve to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. This is not to be confused with the...
2 Corinthians 8:9; James 2:5; John 6:60; Joshua 24:19; Luke 14:26;...
Holes. See on Matthew 8:20. Birds [π ε τ ε ι ν α]. Strictly, flying fowl. The common word for bird in the New Testament. Opniv occurs Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34; but both times in the sense of hen. See...