what do you think Jesus meant when it said let the dead bury the dead?

Question

do you think he meant the dead in Spirit form?

why then do christians bury thier dead if Jesus said this?

I know health issue!

Answer 1

‘Passing Over From Death to Life.’

Jesus spoke of those who ‘have everlasting life’ because they hear his words with faith and obedience and then believe on the Father who sent him. He said about each one of such: “He does not come into judgment but has passed over from death to life. Most truly I say to you, The hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who have given heed will live.”—Joh 5:24, 25.

Those who have ‘passed over from death to life now’ would not be those who had literally died and were in actual graves. At the time when Jesus spoke, all mankind were under the condemnation of death before God the Judge of all. So the ones Jesus referred to were evidently persons on earth who had been dead in a spiritual sense. Jesus must have referred to such spiritually dead ones when he said to the Jewish son who wanted to go home first to bury his father: “Keep following me, and let the dead bury their dead.”—Mt 8:21, 22.

Those who become Christians with true belief were once among the spiritually dead people of the world. The apostle Paul reminded the congregation of this fact, saying: “It is you God made alive though you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you at one time walked according to the system of things of this world . . . But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, made us alive together with the Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses—by undeserved kindness you have been saved—and he raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenly places in union with Christ Jesus.”—Eph 2:1, 2, 4-6.

Thus, because of their no longer walking in trespasses and sins against God, and because of their faith in Christ, Jehovah lifted his condemnation from them. He raised them up out of spiritual death and gave them hope of everlasting life. (1Pe 4:3-6) The apostle John describes this transfer from deadness in trespasses and sins to spiritual life in these words: “Do not marvel, brothers, that the world hates you. We know we have passed over from death to life, because we love the brothers.”—1Jo 3:13, 14.

Answer 2

Mat 8:19 A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, "Teacher, I'll go anywhere with you!"
Mat 8:20 Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own."
Mat 8:21 Another disciple said to Jesus, "Lord, let me wait till I bury my father."
Mat 8:22 Jesus answered, "Come with me, and let the dead bury their dead."

Christ saw this comment for what it was -- it was a stall. This person was looking for an excuse. Christ was indicating that there were plenty of people not following him that could bury his father, that it was not a legitimate excuse. it doesn't mean that Christians shouldn't bury their dead, but it shouldn't be used as an excuse to stop following Him.

Answer 3

Luke 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

I think you mean this verse.

Jesus wanted someone to preach the Gospel, not to attend the duties of the world. The Gospel message is more important.

Answer 4

Jesus was speaking of following Him. The man's father was sick not dead. The man wanted to follow Jesus, but he wanted to wait on his father to die and then bury him. Jesus was only saying that He did not have time for that, His mission was so critical that He could not wait on something so insignificant as a burial compared to saving the Jewish Nation.

Answer 5

You have to read that in context. He is calling someone to be his disciple. It is about the call to become a christian----and following Jesus. How that is more important than even burying your father. Matthew Chapter 8

Answer 6

Christ is life. Absence from Christ is death. So people who are, in essence, dead should bury those who are in fact dead. The death ritual should not interfere with a person's conversion to life (Christ).

Answer 7

Their time is done.
They have either made the correct decisions or the wrong ones, nothing we do will change that.
That would actually apply both to the physical and spiritual death.

Answer 8

absolutely dead in the spirit