Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 9:59

"And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father." — Luke 9:59 (ASV)

But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

We do not even know that his father was dead. He would like to stop at home till the old man was ready to be buried.

And he said unto another, Follow me.

Not a volunteer this time; but one actually called by Christ, and commanded to come, a conscript, as it were.