For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Ver. 27. I am among you as he that serveth] i.e. Not as a master, but rather as your fellow disciple. The prophets had their scholars to wait upon them, and to minister to them. God's Levite had one man to ride with him, Judges 19:11; Balaam had two,Numbers 22:22 .
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...
SITTETH. reclineth, AMONG. in the midst of....
_I am among you as he that serveth_ The true Euergetes is the humble brother, not the subtle tyrant. See Matthew 20:28. "Took upon him the form of a servant," Philippians 2:7. St Luke here omits the b...
THE LAST SUPPER...
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...
ΆΝΑΚΕΊΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΝΆΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G345) возлежать за столом. Part, в роли _subst._ ΟΎΧΊ (G3780) используется в вопросе, на который ожидается утвердительный ответ: "это один из тех,...
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...
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...
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. FOR WHETHER IS GREATER, HE THAT SITTETH AT MEAT, OR HE TH...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
I AM AMONG YOU AS HE THAT SERVETH. — An obviously undesigned coincidence presents itself on a comparison of the words with the narrative of John 13:1, where see Notes. The Lord had actually on that ve...
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....
adduces the example of Jesus to enforce the principle stated in Luke 22:26. He, the admittedly greater, had assumed the position of the less by becoming the serving man, ὁ διακονῶν, instead of the gue...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
FOR WHETHER IS GREATER,.... Christ appeals to themselves, and puts a case that is plain and obvious to any one, who is the greater, and more honourable person; HE THAT SITTETH AT MEAT; that sits, or...
_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...
A LESSON ON HUMILITY. Luke 22:24 The dispute about rank:...
FOR WHETHER IS GREATER, HE THAT SITTETH AT MEAT, OR HE THAT SERVETH? IS NOT HE THAT SITTETH AT MEAT? BUT I AM AMONG YOU AS HE THAT SERVETH....
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...
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Origen Against Celsus Book II Or how could He be called such who said, "I was amongst you, not as he that sitteth at meat, but as he that serveth? "[23]...
Luke 22:27 For G1063 who G5101 greater G3187 table G345 (G5740) or G2228 serves G1247 (G5723) not...
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...
“For which is greater, the one who sits at meat, or the one who serves? Is not he who sits at meat? But I am in the midst of you as he who serves.” And this is the reason why. It is because they were...
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...
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...
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...
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 22:27. BUT I AM IN THE MIDST OF YOU AS HE THAT SERVETH. This clause gains in force by supposing that our Lord at this point washed His disciples' feet. He, the ‘chief,' was serving. We may also c...
BUT I (Εγω δε). Jesus dares to cite his own conduct, though their leader, to prove his point and to put a stop to their jealous contention for the chief place at this very feast, a wrangling that k...
Luke 22:27 We find in these words a double reference: (1) To the character, and (2) to the office, of the Son of Man; to His character as the Lowly One, to His office as a servant. For the purpose 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...
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...
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...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 22:27 BUT I. Jesus is the supreme example of humility (John 13:3)....
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...
2 Corinthians 8:9; John 13:5; Luke 12:37; Luke 17:7; Matthew 20:28;...
For — This he proves by his own example. I am in the midst of you — Just now: see with your eyes. I take no state upon me, but sit in the midst, on a level with the lowest of you....