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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:26

But ye shall not be so ,.... See Gill on 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 might be Peter's case, who was the oldest man: let him be as the younger ; as John, the beloved disciple, who was the youngest of them; and be as modest, and as humble as he, and reckon himself as in his place, and condescend to men of low estates, and esteem each other,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:27

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 lies down at table, and another waits on him: or he that serveth ? that stands behind, observes orders, and ministers to those that sit down: is not he that sitteth at meat ? you, and every one must own, that he is the greatest, and most honourable person: but I am among you as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:28

Ye are they which have continued with me ,.... From the beginning of his ministry, to that very time, they abode by him, and never departed from him, when others withdrew and walked no more with him: in my temptations : not in the wilderness by Satan; for they were not with him then, not being as yet called to be his disciples and followers: but in his afflictions, by the reproaches, and cavils, and ensnaring questions of the Scribes and Pharisees, and their attempts upon him to take... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:29

And I appoint unto you a kingdom ,.... Not a temporal one, but a spiritual one; and either intends that they should have in the government of the church, peculiar to them, as apostles, they being set in the first, and highest place, and office, in the church; and have the keys of the kingdom of heaven, or the Gospel dispensation, and church state, committed to them, whereby they should open the door of faith to men, both to Jews and Gentiles; and have the power of binding and loosing, or of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:30

That ye may eat, and drink, at my table, in my kingdom ,.... In the Gospel dispensation, or Gospel church state, in which Christ has a table, called the table of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 10:21 which is the Lord's supper, and is a table well furnished with the best of provisions, his flesh and blood, of which believers may eat and drink with a hearty welcome; Christ himself being present to sup with them: and in his personal reign on earth, where will be the marriage supper of the Lamb, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:31

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon ,.... Peter is particularly, and by name, spoken to, either because he might be a principal person in the debate and contention about superiority, mentioned in the context; or because he was chiefly to suffer in the following temptation of Satan; or because he was generally the mouth of the rest of the apostles; and he is addressed, not by the name of Peter, the name Christ gave him, when he first called him, signifying his future solidity, firmness, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for thee ,.... Christ prayed for all the apostles; but particularly for Peter, because he was in the greatest danger: whether the prayer Christ refers to was that in John 17:1 in which are many passages relating to the preservation, sanctification, final perseverance and glorification of the apostles, as well as of other saints, as in John 17:9 and so these words might be spoken a little after that prayer was ended, which was about this same time; or whether it was any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:33

And he said unto him ,.... That is, Simon, or Simeon, said unto him, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; he made a reply to Jesus, saying, as one fearless of danger, and confident in himself: I am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to death ; he suggests, that he was not afraid of Satan, nor of his temptations, of being sifted, shaken, and tossed by him: he was not to be frightened out of his faith by him, or to be scared with a prison, and death itself; he was ready... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:34

And he said ,.... "To him", as all the Oriental versions add; to Peter, as what is said shows; that is, Jesus said to him, as the Syriac and Persic versions express: I tell thee , Peter; who knew him, and his heart, better than he did himself, as well as knew what was to come, and what would befall him; and therefore declares it, as he does with the greatest assurance and certainty, and which might be depended on, and accordingly came to pass: the cock shall not crow this day ; in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:35

And he said unto them ,.... To the disciples, as the Persic version reads; not to Peter only, but to them all: when I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes ; without the necessaries of life, without proper accommodations for a journey, without provisions, or money, to buy any with: so ανευ βαλαντιου , "without a purse", is, by the Scholiast on Aristophanes F20 In Avibus, p. 548. , interpreted by ανευ αργυριου και δαπανης , "without money and expense": Christ here refers... read more

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