1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
KJV
Qui statim relictis bobus cucurrit post Eliam, et ait : Osculer, oro, patrem meum, et matrem meam, et sic sequar te. Dixitque ei : Vade, et revertere : quod enim meum erat, feci tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ κατέλιπεν Ἐλεισαῖε τὰς βόας, καὶ κατέδραμεν ὀπίσω Ἠλειοὺ καὶ εἶπεν Καταφιλήσω τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ἀκολουθήσω ὀπίσω σου· καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειού Ἀνάστρεφε, ὅτι πεποίηκὰ σοι.
LXX
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?
ASV
וַ/יַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת הַ/בָּקָ֗ר וַ/יָּ֨רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה נָּא֙ לְ/אָבִ֣/י וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֔/י וְ/אֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Wherefore does He depart? Again instructing us not to go to meet temptations, but to give place and withdraw ourselves. For it is no reproach, the not casting one's self into danger, but the failing to stand manfully when fallen into it. To teach us this accordingly, and to soothe the envy of the Jews, He retires to Capernaum; at once fulfilling the prophecy, and making hast…
2. Do you see how He prophesies even the place where He was to be slain. And they cast Him out, and slew Him. And Luke indeed says, that He declared what these men should suffer; and they said, God forbid; and He added the testimony [of Scripture]. For He beheld them, and said, What is it then that is written? The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head …
Cross-references
- Acts 20:37 — And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
- Gen 31:28 — And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
- Luke 9:59 — And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Luke 9:61 — And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
- Luke 9:61 — And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
- Mark 1:20 — And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- Matt 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Matt 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.