And as they were going along the road, a certain man [i.e., an expert in the Law of Moses. See Matt. 8:19] said to Him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Peter [then] said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow you [there] even now? I am willing to die for you.”
And it happened when the time came for Jesus to be taken up [to heaven] that He firmly determined to go to Jerusalem.
for the Son of man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” So, they went to another village.