57And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
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And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. …
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. …
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 57-62)We have here an account of three several persons that offered themselves to follow Christ, and the answers that Christ gave to each of them. The two former we had an account of in Matt. 19:21. I. Here is one that is extremely forward to follow Christ immediately, but seems to have been too rash, hasty, and inconsiderate, and not to have set down and counted the cost. 1. He makes Christ a very larg…
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