John F. MacArthur Jr. Quote
Another of the disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.’ The phrase bury my father did not refer to a funeral service but was a colloquialism for awaiting the father’s death in order to receive the inheritance. Jesus therefore told the man, Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead (vv. 21–22).
John F. MacArthur Jr.
Another of the disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.’ The phrase bury my father did not refer to a funeral service but was a colloquialism for awaiting the father’s death in order to receive the inheritance. Jesus therefore told the man, Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead (vv. 21–22).