Luke 9, 60

[Angel of God]

Luke 9,60
Let the dead take care of their dead

these men are clearly called the dead even if they are alive.
why the dead?
Jesus wants our eternal life... (Luke 18, 30 etc...)
if one has eternal life can Jesus call him the dead?
This is sure:
Jesus don't call the dead who wants eternal life and follows him!
Because they are alive forever...!!!!

 

[trulyconverted]

Luke 9,60
Let the dead take care of their dead

these men are clearly called the dead even if they are alive.
why the dead?
Jesus wants our eternal life... (Luke 18, 30 etc...)
if one has eternal life can Jesus call him the dead?
This is sure:
Jesus don't call the dead who wants eternal life and follows him!
Because they are alive forever...!!!!

Yes. The dead (still walking on earth) in this verse are the unsaved.

 

[mog144]

Yes. The dead (still walking on earth) in this verse are the unsaved.

Yes, you're correct and you have described today's zombies, the walking dead!

 

[trulyconverted]

Yes, you're correct and you have described today's zombies, the walking dead!

I would not call them 'zombies' though. As long as there is breath in them, there is still hope for salvation.

 

[Mark51]

The death state, that Jesus taught, is used to illustrate the spiritually dead condition of the world in general, so he could speak of ‘the dead burying the dead,’ and the apostle Paul could refer to the woman living for sensual gratification as “dead though she is living.” (Luke 9:60; 1 Timothy 5:6; Ephesians 2:1) And since physical death discharges one from any debts or obligations existing up to that time (Roman 6:7), a Christian’s being freed or liberated from sin (Romans 6:2, 11) and from the condemnation of the Mosaic Law (Romans 7:2-6) is also likened to death, such one having ‘died’ to his former situation and obligations. The one figuratively dying in such a way, of course, is still alive physically and is now free to follow Christ as a slave to righteousness.-Romans 6:18-20; Galatians 5:1.