[MHGinTN]

And what did Jesus mean when he cautioned the apostles to allow the 'dead' to go and bury 'the dead'? And what did Paul mean when he offered a blessing 'to sanctify you wholly, body, soul, and spirit'.

[DouglasKC]

And what did Jesus mean when he cautioned the apostles to allow the 'dead' to go and bury 'the dead'?

I think that verse means that Christ read the heart of the man and saw that he wasn't ready to follow him.

And what did Paul mean when he offered a blessing 'to sanctify you wholly, body, soul, and spirit'.

The soul is the vitality, or life, or a man or animal. The spirit is something that only man and God possesses. Paul's prayer was that our spirit, soul and body should be preserved until Christ returns and the resurrection happens.