Luke 9:59
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
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