The Meaning of Luke 9:57 Explained

Luke 9:57

KJV: 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.

YLT: And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

Darby: And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.

ASV: And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Luke 9:57?

MEANING: What does Luke 9:57 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Luke 9:57 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Luke 9:57?

What is the context of Luke 9:57?

The Cost of Following Jesus (Luke 9:57-62)
Exacting Discipleship (Luke 9:57-62)
The Cost of Discipleship (Luke 9:57-62)
Would-be Followers (Luke 9:57-62)
The Would-be Followers of Jesus (Luke 9:57-62)
The Cost of Following Jesus .( BI .) (Luke 9:57-62)
Following Jesus (Luke 9:56-62)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Luke 9:57 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 9:51-62 - The Steadfast Face

The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7. But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, alert, eager figure is always in front and taking the upward path.

We need to remember which kingdom we belong to. We have passed out of the sphere of force and war, into the kingdom of the Son of God's love. It is a reversal of the divine plan of evolution to go back to the fire of vengeance. The only fire that we can invoke is that of the Holy Spirit; and it is remarkable that one of these two brothers lived to call down that very fire on those same villages. See Acts 8:14-25.

The Lord was ever acting as a winnowing fan, detecting the wheat and the chaff in human motive. Be prepared to follow your Lord through loneliness, homelessness, the rupture of tender ties, and the plowing of a solitary furrow. But keep your eye fixed on the correlatives supplied on the eternal side of your life! [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 9

¹ Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach
⁷ Herod desires to see Jesus
¹⁰ The apostles return
¹² Jesus feeds five thousand;
¹⁸ inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion;
²³ proposes to all the pattern of his patience
²⁸ The transfiguration
³⁷ He heals the lunatic;
⁴³ again forewarns his disciples of his passion;
⁴⁶ commends humility;
⁵¹ bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge
⁵⁷ Many would follow him, but upon conditions

Greek Commentary for Luke 9:57

A certain man [τις]
Matthew 8:19 calls him “a scribe.” Luke 9:57-60; Matthew 8:19-22, but not in Mark and so from Q or the Logia. [source]

Wherever you go [οπου εαν απερχηι]
The wandering life of Jesus explains this statement. [source]

A certain man []
Matthew, a scribe. [source]

Thou goest [ἀπέρχῃ]
Lit., “goest away ” ( ἀπό )I will follow thee whithersoever-away thou goest. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 9:57

Mark 10:1 Into the border of Judea and beyond Jordan [eis ta horia tēs Ioudaias kai peran tou Iordanou)]
See note on Matthew 19:1 for discussion of this curious expression. Matthew adds “from Galilee” and Luke 17:11 says that Jesus “was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee” after leaving Ephraim (John 11:54). A great deal has intervened between the events at the close of Mark 9 and those in the beginning of Mark 10. For these events See Matthew 18; John 7-11; Luke 9:57-18:14 (one-third of Luke‘s Gospel comes in here). It was a little over six months to the end at the close of Mark 9. It is just a few weeks now in Mark 10. Jesus has begun his last journey to Jerusalem going north through Samaria, Galilee, across the Jordan into Perea, and back into Judea near Jericho to go up with the passover pilgrims from Galilee. [source]

Luke 9:57 A certain man [τις]
Matthew 8:19 calls him “a scribe.” Luke 9:57-60; Matthew 8:19-22, but not in Mark and so from Q or the Logia. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 9:57 mean?

And going of them along the road said someone to Him I will follow You wherever if You may go

Καὶ πορευομένων αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπέν τις πρὸς αὐτόν Ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ

πορευομένων	going
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: πορεύομαι Sense: to lead over, carry over, transfer.
αὐτῶν	of them
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἐν	along
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐν Sense: in, by, with etc.
ὁδῷ	road
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ὁδός Sense: properly.
εἶπέν	said
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say.
τις	someone
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one.
Ἀκολουθήσω	I will follow
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular Root: ἀκολουθέω Sense: to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him.
ὅπου	wherever
Parse: Adverb Root: ὅπου Sense: where, whereas.
ἀπέρχῃ	You may go
Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive, 2nd Person Singular Root: ἀπέρχομαι Sense: to go away, depart.

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Similar Scriptures for Luke 9:57

		Luke 9:57-60 [6]
		John 13:37 [6]
		Matthew 8:19-22 [5]
		Exodus 19:8 [3]
		Luke 9:51 [2]