Luke 22:21-24 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:24

There was also a strife among them - There are two different instances of this sort of contention or strife mentioned by the evangelists, each of which was accompanied with very different circumstances; one by Matthew, in Matthew 18:1 , etc., by Mark, Mark 9:33 , etc.; and by Luke, in Luke 9:46 , etc. That contention cannot have been the same with this which is mentioned here. The other, related in Matthew 20:20 , etc., and Mark 10:35 , etc., must be what Luke intended here to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:1-23

The last Passover of our Lord. After the significant survey of Jerusalem's fate which is given in the previous chapter, Jesus seems to have remained quietly at Bethany, or in the Mount of Olives, until the time for the Passover. The season of solitude was brief, but all the more important in consequence. Every moment was utilized by our Lord that he might be ready for his great ordeal. But if he was making preparations, so were his enemies. Accordingly, we have an account here of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:1-30

Wednesday and Thursday of Passion Week. Look at that picture—the Son of God awaiting the hour; spending the last day before the arrest and the trial in the deep seclusion of the Bethany home. Over that day the veil of an impenetrable secrecy hangs. One thing only is certain—it was a time in which the shrinking spirit, whilst feeling even unto death the shadow of the exceeding heaviness, nevertheless drank of the brook by the way, the comforting "I am not alone, for the Father is with... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:14-38

The Last Supper. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21

But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. This is the second mention of the traitor in St. Luke's account of the Last Supper. From St. John's recital, we gather that Jesus returned several times in the course of that solemn evening to this sad topic. That one of his own little inner circle, so closely associated with him, should so basely betray him, was evidently a very bitter drop in the Lord's cup of suffering. In his dread experience of human sorrow it... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21-22

Jesus and Judas; our Lord and ourselves. The ordinance of the Lord's Supper was closely connected, not only in time but in apostolic thought, with the act of the betrayal (see 1 Corinthians 11:23 )—the institution of the greatest privilege with the commission of the darkest crime. Oar Lord's demeanour on this occasion is well worthy of our most reverent thought. I. JESUS AND JUDAS . 1 . His length of sufferance. After knowing that Judas was seeking to betray him ( Luke... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21-23

The Lord ' s sorrowful allusion to Judas the traitor. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:22

Woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! We seem to hear a wailing in this woe, although the denunciation was so firmly pronounced. St. Matthew, in his account, here adds some more words spoken by the Master, "It had been good for that man if he had not been born." Dean Plumptre, on this saying of Christ, very suggestively remarks, "Awful as the words were, they have their bright as well as their dark side. According to the estimate which men commonly form, the words are true of all except... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:23

And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing . That all the disciples, on hearing this statement of their Master, should at once question their own hearts with the "Is it I?" (of St. Matthew's Gospel), shows with what cunning skill the arch-traitor must have concealed not merely his plans but his very sentiments. No suspicion on their parts ever seems to have fallen on Judas, their companion for so long a time. The direct colloquy of the Lord... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:24

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. The Lord's words in these verses are peculiar to St. Luke. The strife among the disciples which suggested the Lord's corrective sayings was evidently no mere dispute as to precedence in their places at the supper, but some question as to their respective positions in the coming kingdom of which their Master had said so much in the course of his later instructions. It is closely connected with the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:14-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 22:24

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