Luke 9:60 Meaning and Explanation
“Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus replies: let the dead bury their dead; your calling is to go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
What Does Luke 9:60 Mean?
The reply is deliberately startling: Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. Those untouched by the life of the kingdom can tend its burials; the man Jesus has summoned carries an errand only the summoned can run. The proverb is sharp because the stakes are: life itself has called him.
Jesus speaks as One with absolute right to order a life, the right of the kingdom of God in person. Where he sends, announcing life outranks even hallowed duties; the urgent business of the living God is the living. The word is severe the way a trumpet is severe, clearing the air of every first that delays obedience. What Christ calls a person to do now is the most alive thing that person can do.
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What does Luke 9:60 mean?
Jesus replies: let the dead bury their dead; your calling is to go and proclaim the kingdom of God.