Luke 22:24

φιλονεικία, a contention, here only in N.T. The juxtaposition of this strife among the eleven with the announcement of the traitor gives to it by comparison the aspect of a pardonable infirmity in otherwise loyal men, and it is so treated by Jesus. τὸ τίς α., etc., as to the who of them, etc. The topic of the earlier dispute (Luke 9:46) might be: who outside their circle was greater than they all, but here it certainly is: which of them is greater than his fellow. It is usual to connect this incident with the feet-washing in John 13 δοκεῖ, seems, looks like, makes the impression of being (Bleek and Hahn).