A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 14:27

"Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." — Luke 14:27 (ASV)

His own cross (τον σταυρον εαυτου). This familiar figure we have had already (Luke 9:23; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24). Each follower has a cross which he must bear as Jesus did his. Βασταζω is used of cross bearing in the N.T. only here (figuratively) and Joh 19:17 literally of Jesus. Crucifixion was common enough in Palestine since the days of Antiochus Epiphanes and Alexander Jannaeus.