20And 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?
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And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. …
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. …
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
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.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-21)Elisha was named last in the orders God gave to Elijah, but he was first called, for by him the other two were to be called. He must come in Elijah’s room; yet Elijah is forward to raise him, and is far from being jealous of his successor, but rejoices to think that he shall leave the work of God in such good hands. Concerning the call of Elisha observe, 1. That it was an unexpected surprising cal…
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