The context is an invitation to the tax collector "Levi" in Luke and "Matthew" in other Gospels, an interesting difference in the texts but very like Luke's preferences for using different terms than the others.
Luke 5:27 Follow me.
Luke 5:27 “Follow me,
Follow me.
Luke 5:27 says "follow me." This this short verse appears in all four gospels and twice in Luke. The term "follow" means "to follow," or "go with," in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning "to be guided by" or "to follow the meaning of." The term also specifically means "to follow the thread" of a discourse. Which is what analyzing the Greek allows us to do.
Follow me.
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Follow me.
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Follow - The term "follow" means "to follow," or "go with," in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning "to be guided by" or "to follow the meaning of." The term also specifically means "to follow the thread" of a discourse. This verb takes the indirect form of an object when it is a person.
me. - The "me" is in the form of an indirect object, so it is not the object of "follow," which would be in a different form. The sense is that the person following does not act directly on the person they follow, but rather indirectly.
Follow - The term "follow" means "to follow," or "go with," in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning "to be guided by" or "to follow the meaning of." The term also specifically means "to follow the thread" of a discourse.
me. - The "me" is in the form of an indirect object, so it is not the object of "follow," which would be in a different form. The sense is that the person following does not act directly on the person they follow, but rather indirectly. The form has a number of uses in Greek. Most commonly it is an indirect object ("follow this road [the object] to Rome [the indirect object].
Ἀκολούθει (2nd sg pres imperat act) "Follow" is from akoloutheo, which means "to follow," and "to go with." It also means "to be guided by" and means following a leader as a disciple. When the one being followed is a person, the dative is used.