But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Of how little avail has this condemnation of "lordship" and other vain titles been against the vanity of Christian ecclesiastics!
Verse 26. _LET HIM BE AS THE YOUNGER_] Dr. Lightfoot justly conjectures that Peter was the eldest of all the disciples; and he supposes that the strife was kindled between him and the sons of Zebedee...
BUT YE SHALL NOT BE SO - Christ here takes occasion to explain the nature of his kingdom. He assures them that it is established on different principles from those of the world; that his subjects were...
VI. HIS REJECTION, SUFFERING AND DEATH -- CHAPTER 22-23 CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Betrayer. (Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. Preparation for the Passover. (Luke 22:7 .) 3. The Last Passover. (Luke 22:14 .) 4. The Lord...
THE CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF GREATNESS (Mark 10:42 *, Matthew 20:25 *, Matthew 19:28 *. _Cf._ also Luke 9:46). Lk. here goes back to a discussion
AND SATAN ENTERED INTO JUDAS (Luke 22:1-6)...
Strife arose amongst them about which was to be considered greatest. Jesus said to them, "The kings of the gentiles exercise lordship over them and those who have authority over them claim the title o...
NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-106. IS CHIEF. the leader. serve. See note on "minister" (Matthew 20:26). Compare Philippians 1:2; Philippians 1:7....
_let him be_ Rather, let him become, let him shew himself to be in _reality._ the younger who in Eastern families often fulfils menial duties. Acts 5:6....
THE LAST SUPPER...
ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΔῈ ΟΥ̓ΧΟ ὝΤΩΣ. Understand ἐστέ. _Your_ case is different. St Peter learnt this lesson well. See 1 Peter 5:3. ΓΙΝΈΣΘΩ. ‘Let him become,’—let him shew himself to be. ὩΣ Ὁ ΝΕΏΤΕΡΟΣ. Who in Easte...
Ver 24. And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25. And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise a...
_JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES -- LUKE 22:23-46:_ The disciples had some interesting discussions about who would ever do such a thing as to betray Jesus. They also discussed who would be greatest in the kin...
ΓΙΝΈΣΘΩ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) 3 pers. sing., см._ Luke 22:14. _Praes. imper._ призывает к постоянному отношению, ΝΕΏΤΕΡΟΣ _сотр. от_ ΝΈΟΣ (G3501) молодой, самый младший по рангу (Plummer). _Сотр...
THE KINGS OF THE GENTILES EXERCISE LORDSHIP, &C.— "Among the Gentiles, they are reckoned the greatest men who have the greatest power, and who exercise it in the most absolute manner. Such, however, h...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Communion (Luke 22:1-30) 22 Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.2And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Last Passover Feast Scripture_ Luke 22:7-38 And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make...
19-20 Compare Mat_26:26-28; Mar_14:22-24; 1Co_11:23-26. 21-23 Compare Mat_26:21-25; Mar_14:18-21; Joh_13:18-30; Psa_41:9. 23 How sad it is to see the self-centered apostles, whose hearts should have...
A CONTENTION WHICH SHOULD BE THE GREATEST (peculiar to Lk). This contention is probably to be placed at the very beginning of the supper, before the feet-washing: see on John 13:1. Our Lord had previo...
TREASON OF JUDAS. THE LAST SUPPER. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN. ARREST OF JESUS. THE JEWISH TRIAL 1-6. Conspiracy of the chief priests. Treachery of Judas (Matthew 26:1; Matthew 26:14; Mark 14:1;...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 22 THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS 22:1-6 V1 The time was near for the *feast of *Unleavened Bread, or *Passover. V2 The chief priests and teachers of the law...
HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE AS THE YOUNGER. — The latter word naturally carried with it, as in the old monastic rule, _juniores ad labores,_ the idea of service. In Acts 5:6, “the young...
CHAPTER 24 THE WATCH IN GETHSEMANE. HITHERTO the life of Jesus has been comparatively free from sorrow and from pain. With the exception of the narrow strip of wilderness which fell between the Bapti...
_Strife among the disciples_. _Cf._ on chap. Luke 9:46....
ὑμεῖς δὲ, etc., but ye not so, elliptical, ἔσεσθε or ποιήσετε understood. ὁ νεώτερος, the younger, “who in Eastern families fulfils menial duties, Acts 5:6 ” (Farrar). ὁ ἡγούμενος, the leader or chief...
Luke 22:25-26 : borrowed from the incident of the two sons of Zebedee (Matthew 20:25-26; Mark 10:42-43), which Lk. omits and somewhat alters in expression....
DISCIPLES WHO GRIEVE THEIR LORD Luke 22:24-34 It is probable that this dispute about priority took place on their entering the supper room. It could hardly have taken place after the tender scene of...
Here we have the record of final things before the Cross. The priests and the devil are seen in coalition. As the end approached, the Master is seen with the shadow of the Cross on Him, desiring to e...
OFFICIAL PROMOTION OF THE TWELVE Luke 22:24-30. _“And there was contention among them as to which one of them seems to be the greater.”_ Here we have an incontestable illustration rendering conspicuou...
3. _The Conversations after the Supper: Luke 22:24-38_. The conversations which follow refer: 1 _st._ To a dispute which arises at this moment between the apostles (Luke 22:24-30); 2 _d._ To the dange...
II. _The Last Supper: Luke 22:7-38_. We find ourselves here face to face with a difficulty which, since the second century of the Church, has arrested the attentive readers of the Scriptures. As it wa...
"Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. (8) And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. (9) And they said unto him, Where wil...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
In chapter 22, Luke commence the details of the end of our Lord's life. The chief priests, fearing the people, seek how they may kill Him. Judas, under the influence of Satan, offers himself as an ins...
BUT YE SHALL NOT BE SO,.... Matthew 20:26 BUT HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU; in age or gifts, or would be thought to be the greatest, who is most ambitious of grandeur and authority, which perhaps m...
But ye _shall_ not _be_ so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Ver. 26. See Matthew 20:25; Mark 10:42 ....
_And there was also a strife among them_, &c. Of the kind of contentions here spoken of there are two instances recorded by the evangelists, evidently different from each other, and each attended with...
NOT BE SO; in the kingdom of Christ, one of his ministers was not to have dominion over the others. They were all brethren, and he would be the greatest who should be the most humble, and most ready t...
A LESSON ON HUMILITY. Luke 22:24 The dispute about rank:...
BUT YE SHALL NOT BE SO; BUT HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE AS THE YOUNGER; AND HE THAT IS CHIEF, AS HE THAT DOTH SERVE....
THE TREACHERY OF JUDAS (vs.1-6) As the Passover feast drew near, the chief priests and Pharisees felt hard pressed to find some way of apprehending and killing this "prophet" who was offending their...
21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 22:25...
Luke 22:26 But G1161 not G3756 so G3779 you G5210 contrary G235 greatest G3187 among G1722 you G5213 be...
“But you shall not be so, but he who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and he who is chief, as he who serves.” But it was to be different with them. They were not to be like the...
THE HUMILITY WHICH IS TO DISTINGUISH THOSE WHO ARE HIS (22:24-30). Having established the basis for the future by means of the new significance of the bread and wine, and having warned that He was abo...
CRISIS POINT IS REACHED IN THE GUESTCHAMBER (22:14-38). In this passage we have described what occurred in the Guestchamber. This divides up into five sections. OVERALL ANALYSIS. a Jesus manifests...
JESUS ADVANCES TO THE GUEST-CHAMBER (22:7-38). It is no coincidence that near the beginning of Luke's Gospel there was no room for Jesus in the ‘kataluma' (Luke 2:7 - place to stay, guestchamber), but...
JESUS IS CRUCIFIED AND RISES AGAIN (22:1-24:53). We now come to the final Section of Luke which is also in the form of a chiasmus (see analysis below). Central in this final chiasmus is the crucifixio...
Luke presents a number of new details: Luke 22:7-13 narrate the preparation with greatest fulness, mentioning the names of the two disciples who were sent for this purpose; the affecting words (Luke 2...
Luke 22:24-30. THE CONTENTION. Peculiar to Luke, although something similar is recorded by Matthew (Matthew 18:1, etc.; Matthew 20:20, etc.) and Mark. Luke cannot refer to one of these previous occurr...
Luke 22:26. BUT NOT SO YE. They shall be ‘kings,' but after a different fashion. The aristocracy our Lord here establishes is one of humility....
BECOME (γινεσθω). Present middle imperative of γινομα. Act so. True greatness is in service, not in rank....
Luke 22:1. _Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people._ Dastardly fear of...
Luke 22:14. _And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto...
Luke 22:7. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where w...
Luke 22:7. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where w...
CONTENTS: Judas covenants to betray Jesus. Last passover. Lord's supper instituted. Peter's denial predicted. Jesus' arrest. Peter's denial. CHARACTERS: Jesus, priests, scribes, disciples, Judas, Pet...
Luke 22:1. _The feast of unleavened bread drew nigh._ See Matthew 26:2. Luke 22:3. _Then Satan entered into Judas,_ by divine permission, his reigning sin of covetousness having proved his destruction...
AN ARGUMENT CAME UP. They must have argued more than once about who was the greatest. Jesus scolded their attitude by washing their feet (see John 13:2-12). BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT IS WITH YOU. He...
_He that is greatest among you let him be as the younger_ HOW TO BE THE GREATEST IN CHRIST’S KINGDOM I. THERE IS A NECESSARY AND NATURAL DESIRE IN MAN FOR SUPERIORITY. 1. It is taken for granted th...
MASTER COLD-RICE He that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Luke 22:26. In a royal or titled family it makes a big difference wheth...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 22:1 The Suffering and Death of Jesus. As Jesus’ death draws near, the scene shifts from the temple area to the city of Jerusalem. The emphasis shifts from Jesus’ teachings to events...
CHAPTER 22 VER.6. _And he sought opportunity to betray Him unto them._ Judas sold Jesus Christ on the fourth day of the week, the day of Mercury; on the following day, or the day of Jupiter, he delive...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 22:21. HIM THAT BETRAYETH.—If the order of events be here given, it is clear that Judas partook of the last supper. Luke 22:22. DETERMINED.—Fixed by the counsel of God (cf. Acts...
EXPOSITION LUKE 23:1 THE LAST PASSOVER. LUKE 22:1, LUKE 22:2 Short explanatory introduction.
Luke's gospel, chapter 22. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover (Luke 22:1). The Feast of Unleavened Bread actually was for six days, from the fifteenth of Nizan...
1 Peter 5:3; 3 John 1:10; 3 John 1:9; Luke 9:48; Matthew 18:3;...
Doth serve. See on minister, Matthew 20:26....
But ye are to be benefactors to mankind, not by governing, but by serving....