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Mat_8:21. Τῶν μαθητῶν ] of His disciples, in the more general sense of the words. This is evident from ἕτερος , which (see note on Mat_8:19) places him whom it represents in the same category with the scribe. According to Luk_9:59, the ἕτερος is not spoken of as μαθητής , and is summoned by Jesus to follow Him, which is to be regarded as an altered form of the tradition.
πρῶτον ] in the first place, before I follow thee, Mat_8:19; Mat_8:22.
θάψαι ] It was, and, to some extent, is still the practice of the Jews, to bury their dead on the very day on which they die, Mat_9:23, Act_5:7 f.; and it was the sacred duty of sons to attend to the obsequies of their parents. Gen_25:9; Tob_4:3; Schoettgen, Horae, on this passage.