Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 8:19

"And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest." — Matthew 8:19 (ASV)

A certain scribe came — The facts that follow are placed by St. Luke, as we have seen, in quite another stage of our Lord’s ministry. The fact that it was a scribe who came is striking, as it shows that the impression made by our Lord’s teaching was not confined to the common people who heard him gladly. As Nicodemus had already come confessing that He was a Teacher come from God, so in Galilee there was one whom the Sermon on the Mount, or a similar discourse, had led to volunteer at least the show of discipleship.