Matthew 8:21

Ἕτερος δὲ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι πρῶτον ἀπελθεῖν καὶ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα μου.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2087; Heteros; Ἕτερος; Another; Adj-NMS

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; tōn; τῶν; the; Art-GMP

Strongs 3101; mathētōn; μαθητῶν; learners; N-GMP

Strongs 846; autou; [αὐτοῦ]; of Him; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 2036; eipen; εἶπεν; said; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 846; autō; αὐτῷ; self/itself/himself; PPro-DM/N3S

Strongs 2962; Kyrie; Κύριε; Master; N-VMS

Strongs 2010; epitrepson; ἐπίτρεψόν; allow; V-AMA-2S

Strongs 1473; moi; μοι; myself; PPro-D1S

Strongs 4412; prōton; πρῶτον; first; Adv-S/Adj-N/M

Strongs 565; apelthein; ἀπελθεῖν; to go away; V-ANA

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 2290; thapsai; θάψαι; to bury; V-ANA

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 3962; patera; πατέρα; a father; N-AMS

Strongs 1473; mou; μου; of myself; PPro-G1S

RBT Translation:

And another one of the Learners of Himself said to self, "Master, allow myself first to go away and to pay funeral rites to the Father of myself."^22a

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go and inter my father.

LITV Translation:
And another of His disciples said to Him, Lord, allow me first to go away and bury my father.

Footnotes

22a

The verb ἐτάφη (aorist passive of θάπτω) is commonly translated as “was buried,” but its semantic range in Classical and Hellenistic Greek includes the full spectrum of funerary rites, not merely interment. In Greek cultural and religious practice, θάπτειν refers to the proper ritual treatment of the dead—laying out the body, public mourning, procession, interment or cremation, and tomb offerings. Thus, ἐτάφη is more precisely rendered “was given funeral rites”, indicating not just physical burial but the socially and ritually sanctioned honor of the deceased (cf. Il. 21.323; Od. 11.52; Soph. Antigone). Failure to receive such rites was considered a profound dishonor.