conditions of disciples consist of two acts of committal and a third act of continuing one’s relationship with Jesus [AB1, Tay]. 2. This is a repetition of the initial conditional part of the sentence, ‘if someone wants to follow after me’ [CGTC, EBC, ICC, NICNT]. The way to follow Jesus is to be found in the two actions of self-denial and cross-bearing [ICC]. The idea is ‘And so let him follow me’, describing a continuous relationship that results from the two decisive acts [CGTC]. Because
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