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AndκαὶJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“The foxesΑἱ ἀλώπεκεςhaveἔχουσινholes,φωλεοὺςandκαὶthe birdsτὰ πετεινὰof the skyτοῦ οὐρανοῦhavenests,κατασκηνώσειςbutδὲthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουhasἔχειnowhereοὐκ ποῦto layκλίνῃhis head.”τὴν κεφαλὴν
Luke 9:58
Study it in the app“And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.””
Three meetings with Jesus on the road; two ask to do something else firstFollowing Jesus
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:58, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “The foxesἀλώπεκεςalōpekes
fox
A sly wild animal that lives in dens.
Where else “alōpekes” appears- haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- holesφωλεοὺςphōleous
den, hole
Den, hole, lair.
Where else “phōleous” appears- the birdsπετεινὰpeteina
bird
Bird.
Where else “peteina” appears- of the skyοὐρανοῦouranou
sky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranou” appears- nestsκατασκηνώσειςkataskēnōseis
nest, dwelling
Nest, a place where a bird settles and lives.
Where else “kataskēnōseis” appears- the Sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- nowhereποῦpou
where?
Where?
Where else “pou” appears- to layκλίνῃklinēi
bow
To lower the head or face; rest the head to sleep.
Where else “klinēi” appears- his headκεφαλὴνkephalēn
head
The top part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “kephalēn” appears
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Luke 9:57-62
57And as they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59And he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” 60But he said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to say goodbye to those at my home.” 62But Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to a plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
18Now seeing large crowds around him, Jesus gave orders to go away to the other side. 19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22But Jesus says to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
The context
57And as they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 · This verse (above)
59And he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
To study Luke 9 in a group
1. What it says
When Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?”, what do the crowds say, and what does Peter answer? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Jesus says anyone who wants to follow him must deny themselves and take up their cross daily. What reason does he give? (vv. 23-25)
3. How I live it
The disciples argued about who was greatest, and Jesus stood a child beside him (vv. 46-48). Whom could you give more attention to today?