Luke 22:24-30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 22:21-38

We have here Christ's discourse with his disciples after supper, much of which is new here; and in St. John's gospel we shall find other additions. We should take example from him to entertain and edify our family and friends with such discourse at table as is good and to the use of edifying, which may minister grace to the hearers; but especially after we have been at the Lord's table, by Christian conference to keep one another in a suitable frame. The matters Christ here discoursed of were... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 22:24-30

22:24-30 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 of Benefactor. It must not be so with you; but let him who is greatest among you be as the youngest; and let him who is the leader be as him who serves. Who is the greater? He who sits at table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at table? But I am among you as one who serves. You... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:24

And there was also a strife among them ,.... The Persic version reads, "at a certain time there was a contention among the apostles"; and some think, that this refers to the time when the mother of Zebedee's two sons asked the favour of Christ, to set one of them at his right hand, and the other at his left, in his kingdom; which greatly incensed the other disciples, and occasioned a dispute about precedence; when our Lord interposed, and used much the same arguments as here; and which, it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:25

And he said unto them ,.... The disciples; that is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions express: the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; by which our Lord would dissuade his disciples from seeking to introduce a superiority over one another, since this was the practice of the Heathens, of the men of the world, of ignorant Gentiles; whereas Christ's kingdom was a spiritual kingdom, and not of this world, and therefore, not to be managed in such a way. ... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 22:21-38

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 22:24-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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