Matthew 8:19

Matthew 8:19

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
^a“He Himself took our infirmities
And bore our sicknesses.”

The Cost of Discipleship

18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side.

19 ^aThen a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

21 ^aThen another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, ^blet me first go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Wind and Wave Obey Jesus

23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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A scribe (eiv grammateuv). One (eiv)="a," indefinite article. Already a disciple as shown by "another of the disciples" (eterov twn maqhtwn) in Matthew 8:21. He calls Jesus "Teacher" (didaskale), but he seems to be a "bumptious" brother full of self-confidence and self-complacency. "Even one of that most unimpressionable class, in spirit and tendency utterly opposed to the ways of Jesus" (Bruce). Yet Jesus deals gently with him.

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