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Mat_16:24 f. Comp. Mar_8:34 ff.; Luk_9:23 ff. As I must suffer, so also must all my followers!
ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν ] as in Mat_4:19.
ἑαυτόν ] i.e. His own natural self; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ θέλημα τὸ φιλήδονον , τὸ φιλόζωον , Euth. Zigabenus. To that which this θέλημα desires, He says: No!
ἀράτω τ . στ .] let him not shrink from the pain of a violent death such as He Himself will be called upon to endure. Comp. note on Mat_10:38.
καὶ ἀκολ . μοι ] that is, after he has taken up his cross. What goes before indicates the precise kind of following which Jesus requires. Joh_21:19. According to the context, it is not a question of moral following generally ( καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἄλλην ἀρετὴν ἐπιδεικνύσθω , Theophylact, comp. Euth. Zigabenus, Chrysostom). But, by way of illustrating the idea of self-denial, Theophylact appropriately refers to the example of Paul, Gal_2:20.
Mat_16:25. See note on Mat_10:30.