Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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 Mat 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.
Commenting on Luke 9:57-62
We are not to suppose by this prohibition, that Christ disallows or disapproves of any civil office from one person to another, much less of a child to a parent, either living or dying; but he lets us know, 1. That no office of love and service to man must be preferred before our duty to God, to whom we owe our first and chief obedience. 2.
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (14) The calling of God ought to be preferred without any question, before all duties that we owe to men.