Luke 14:27

Whosoever doth not bear his cross ,.... All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:

and come after me ; bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;

cannot be my disciple ; he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.