Origen Against Celsus Book IV
Celsus says further, that we assert that "all things have been arranged so as to be subject to us," having perhaps heard some of the intelligent among us speaking to that effect, and perhaps also not understanding the saying, that "he who is the greatest amongst us is the servant of all."[129]
Verse Matthew 20:27. _YOUR SERVANT_] δουλος the _lowest secular_ office, as _deacon_ was the _lowest ecclesiastical_ office: δουλος is often put for _slave_. From these directions of our Lord, we may...
See also Mark 10:35. Matthew 20:20 THEN CAME TO HIM GIVE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE’S CHILDREN ... - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40;...
8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The Healing of the Two Blind Men. CHAPTER 20 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2. The Third Prediction of His Death an...
THE REQUEST OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE. THE CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF GREATNESS (Mark 10:35 *, Luke 22:24). Mt. makes the mother of James and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to her. For Mk.'...
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
At that time the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons, kneeling before him, and asking something from him. He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to him, "Speak the word that these...
CHIEF. first. SERVANT. bond-servant (in relation to servitude)....
Salome's Prayer for her sons, and the Answer of Jesus Mark 10:35-41. St Mark begins "And James and John the sons of Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c." For once St Matthew is more graphic and true to...
SALOME’S PRAYER FOR HER SONS, AND THE ANSWER OF JESUS Mark 10:35-45. St Mark begins ‘And James and John the sons of Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c.’ For once St Matthew is more graphic and true to...
Ver24. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, "Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion o...
_AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE MATTHEW 20:20-28:_ On at least three occasions there was a discussion among the apostles concerning greatness in the kingdom. (Matthew 18:1-4; Ma...
ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ. ΔΟΎΛΟΣ (G1401) раб. В языческом мире униженность считалась пороком (Carson, 43)....
LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT— There is a gradation here not commonly observed: the original word διακονος in the former verse, which, for want of a better word, we rendered _minister,_ is a name which migh...
Section 52 JESUS REFUSES TO ESTABLISH HIERARCHY (Parallel: Mark 10:35-45) TEXT: 20:20-28 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping _him,_ and asking a certain...
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32....
20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...
SERVANT] RM 'bond-servant.'...
THE AMBITION OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE (Mark 10:35). The special promise to Peter (Matthew 16:18) had aroused the jealousy of the other two most intimate disciples, who now came to claim the two most pro...
THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, and ca...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16 V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out early one mo...
WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF. — Better, _first,_ as continuing the thought of Matthew 20:16. The “servant” (better, _slave_) implies a lower and more menial service than that of the “minister” of the prece...
CHAPTER 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passage...
πρῶτος may be a synonym for μέγας = μέγιστος (De W.) and δοῦλος for διάκονος; or in both cases increased emphasis may be intended, πρῶτος pointing to a higher place of dignity, δοῦλος to a lower depth...
_Commotion in the disciple-circle_....
_The two sons of Zebedee_ (Mark 10:35-45)....
SERVING NOBLER THAN SELF-SEEKING Matthew 20:17-28 For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21, He dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23, He told how t...
One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was now...
AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them,...
"And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over th...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He s...
AND WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF AMONG YOU,.... Or first, or have the pre-eminence, the first place in the kingdom of the Messiah, LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT; or, as in Mark, SHALL BE SERVANT OF ALL: not onl...
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Ver. 27. _Let him be your servant_] This is the ready way to rise. Neither may any think himself too good to serve the saints, to wash...
_And when the ten heard it_ It is likely they overheard the conversation; _they were moved with indignation_ Being not only equally desirous, but in their opinion equally deserving of the principal po...
CHIEF; first in true spiritual worth. YOUR SERVANT; most active in administering to the good of his fellow-disciples....
A lesson in humility:...
AND WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT:...
The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful am...
Ver. 25-27. So Mark hath much the same, MARK 10:42. Luke hath also much the same, (but it seemeth spoken at another time), LUKE 22:25. I shall not here intermeddle with the disputes some have founded...
Matthew 20:27 And G2532 whoever G3739 G1437 desires G2309 (G5725) be G1511 (G5750) first G4413 among...
THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS ARE NOT TO BE SELF-SEEKING BUT SELFLESSLY SEEKING TO SERVE ALL, IN THE SAME WAY AS HE AS THE SERVANT IS DOING AMONG THEM, SOMETHING ESPECIALLY REVEALED IN HIS GIVING OF HIS LIFE...
“It shall not be so among you. But whoever would become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever would be first among you shall be your slave.” But it is to be very different among the Apost...
CHRONOLOGY. The final journey to Jerusalem begins. The approach of His death calls for a third prediction to the Twelve, more specific in its details. The _crucifixion_ is mentioned only in Matthew's...
Matthew 20:26 I. These words have something to tell us of the nature of true greatness. Though Christ does not ignore intellects, or even riches, He yet regards these things, and all things like these...
Matthew 20:27 I. The answer of our Lord is entirely at variance with the law of the children of this world. Greatness in this world is universally sought by exalting a man's self; more wealth, more po...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...
Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
HE MUST BE YOUR SLAVE. This is how to be first. In the Kingdom/church, greatness comes through loving others, not through giving them orders....
_Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons._ NEAREST TO CHRIST Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left hand as not being within His province, but...
_And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: _ TRUE GREATNESS Greatness a word often used, and people’s ideas of it differ much. Some regard it as consisting in wealth, social p...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT SERVING OTHERS MATTHEW 20:20-28; MARK 10:35-45; MATTHEW 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [_him_], and desiring a certain thing of...
CHAPTER 20 _The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:17. JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM.—The narrative is not continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16 we may probably place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan” (John 10:...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 20:1 _Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 20:1 FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm at the end of the...
Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...
1 Corinthians 9:19; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:15;...