Matt 8:20

[Anonymous No.21537303]

>And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Is Jesus trying to dissuade people from following him? Is he pointing out the cost of discipleship? What does he mean by "nowhere to lay his head"? Meaning his disciples will never find peace?

[Anonymouṡ No.21537309]

>>21537303
He's saying, if you're going to be a real Christian, you have to accept that you'll never be completely at home in this world. Your focus and attention has to be on another world. Don't try to make yourself comfortable on earth.

[Anonymous No.21537525]

>>21537303
Matthew has a general structure of teaching segments followed by action segment, and the chapters were divided along those lines, which makes it easier to see. Matthew 7 is all teaching. Matthew 8 is just constant miracles. A ton of people keep coming to Christ asking for miracles, and He heals them, and then someone asks if he can be a follower, and this is the response. I get the impression that He is quite literally talking about Himself, and His own life. It's a very human moment from Christ.
>And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:
>And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
>And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.
>And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.
>And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
>And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
>And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
>And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
>For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
>And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
>And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
>But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
>And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.
>And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever:
>And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.
>And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:
>That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
>And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.
>And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
>And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head

[Anonymous No.21537950]

>>21537303
> Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
> Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
> Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
> Man got to tell himself he understand.

[Anonymous No.21538030]

>>21537309
sounds gnostic

[ben's evil rabbit twin No.21538180]

>>21537309
THIS exactly.

[Anonymous No.21538239]

He's saying he's not welcome in this world you spacker
It's pretty obvious

[Anonymous No.21538258]

>>21537303
>What does he mean by "nowhere to lay his head"? Meaning his disciples will never find peace?
I think he's talking about himself rather than about his disciples. He says "Son of Man," which we are all the sons of man (and of God), but his use of "THE Son of Man" I think makes it ubiquitously himself.

[Anonymous No.21538320]

>>21538030
No it is platonist, something both schools of thought share, except one is heretical and the other is not.

[Anonymous No.21538443]

>>21537309
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