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Luk 9:62. Ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Jesus) Being presently after about to send forth the Seventy.-βλέπων, looking) He who looks back, strictly speaking, is deranged.[90]-εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, for the kingdom of God) [the Gospel], viz. for holding it fast and propagating it.
[90] Delirat, alluding to its literal meaning, to draw the furrow awry in ploughing, Th. de and lira, a furrow; metaphorically, is demented, misses the right Gospel track.-ED. and TRANSL.