Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Luke 9:62

οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ἄροτρον. He who would make straight furrows must not look about him (Hesiod, Works and Days, II. 60). The light ploughs of the East, easily overturned, require constant attention.

εὔθετος. ‘Well-adapted.’ By way of comment see Luke 17:32; Psalms 78:9; Hebrews 10:38-39. The general lesson of the section is, Give yourself wholly to your duty, and count the cost, Luke 14:25-33. Christ cannot accept ‘a conditional service.’ Neither hardship, nor bereavement, nor home ties must delay us from following Him. Is it more than a curious accident that the last four incidents illustrate the peculiarities of the four marked human temperaments—the Choleric (51–56); the Sanguine (57, 58); the Melancholic (59, 60); the Phlegmatic (61, 62)?

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Luke 9:62

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