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Luke 9:60 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Luke 9:60 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 9 verse 60 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:60 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 9:60
Let the dead bury their dead (Ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς, Aphes tous nekrous thapsai tous heautōn nekrous)—this shocking statement uses 'dead' in two senses. Let the spiritually dead (those without eternal life) bury the physically dead. Those who lack resurrection life can handle death's logistics; those whom Christ calls to kingdom proclamation must prioritize the urgent mission. Jesus isn't commanding callousness but demanding radical priority: the dead can tend the dead, but the living must preach life.But go thou and preach the kingdom of God (σὺ δὲ ἀπελθὼν διάγγελλε τὴν ...
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Cross-References for Luke 9:60
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“as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”
“But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.”
“Jesus said to Simon Peter”
“for this”
“rebuke”
“and the seven stars says these things: I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.,And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.,,,,,,,,”
“suffer hardship”
“I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me”
“made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)”
“yet now we know him so no more.”