And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Kiss, and bid them adieu. (Menochius)
To thee. I have no farther orders. Obey the Spirit of God. Hoc age. Hebrew, "for what have I done to thee? "Did I require thee to follow me? Act as God may direct thee. Yet remember the ceremony which thou hast seen, and do not turn back (Calmet) to neglect thy office. (Haydock) (Matthew viii. 22., and Luke ix. 62.)