Matthew 8:20

Holes. Or, “dens.”

Nests. Gr. kataskenoseis, literally, “pitched tents,” hence, “homes” in the sense of “resting places,” or “places of tarrying.” The picture is of a temporary shelter or place of abode.

Son of man. See on Matt. 1:1; Mark 2:10; see Additional Note on John 1.

Lay his head. In order to accomplish the mission for which He had come to earth, the days of Christ’s ministry were spent, for the most part, in moving about from place to place, not aimlessly (see on Luke 2:49), but with no fixed place of abode. One accustomed to the comforts of home, as this scribe probably was, would very likely find an itinerant life difficult and disagreeable. Gospel witnesses must ever be willing to endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ (see 2 Tim. 2:3).