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Butδὲhe saidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“LetἌφεςthe deadτοὺς νεκροὺςburyθάψαιtheir ownτοὺς ἑαυτῶνdead;νεκρούςbutδὲyou,σὺgoἀπελθὼνand proclaimδιάγγελλεthe kingdomτὴν βασιλείανof God.”τοῦ θεοῦ
Luke 9:60
Study it in the app“But he said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.””
Three meetings with Jesus on the road; two ask to do something else firstFollowing Jesus
With the Greek beneath
Luke 9:60, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “LetἌφεςAphes
allow
To permit: the children coming to Jesus.
Where else “Aphes” appears- the deadνεκροὺςnekrous
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrous” appears- buryθάψαιthapsai
bury
Bury.
Where else “thapsai” appears- goἀπελθὼνapelthōn
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apelthōn” appears- and proclaimδιάγγελλεdiangelle
proclaim everywhere
Proclaim everywhere, announce far and wide.
Where else “diangelle” appears- the kingdomβασιλείανbasileian
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileian” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” 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
59And he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
60 · This verse (above)
61And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to say goodbye to those at my home.”
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?