Luca 22:26

26 Ma non già così voi; anzi, il maggiore fra voi sia come il minore, e quel che regge come quel che ministra.

Luca 22:26 Meaning and 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, even the youngest, better than himself. So the phrase, (aryezkyh abrkyh) ^F18, "both greater and lesser", is used of the elder and younger. And he that is chief;
that is, a spiritual ruler and governor in the church of God, as all the disciples were: as he that doth serve;
for the apostles and ministers of the word, though they are over others in the Lord, and have the rule over them, yet they are servants for Jesus' sake, and so ought to reckon themselves; (See Gill on Matthew 20:27).

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Targum in 2 Chron. xxxi. 15.

Luca 22:26 In-Context

24 OR nacque ancora fra loro una contesa, chi di loro paresse che fosse il maggiore.

25 Ma egli disse loro: I re delle genti le signoreggiano, e coloro che hanno podestà sopra esse son chiamati benefattori.

26 Ma non già così voi; anzi, il maggiore fra voi sia come il minore, e quel che regge come quel che ministra.

27 Perciocchè, quale è il maggiore, colui ch’è a tavola, o pur colui che serve? non è egli colui ch’è a tavola? or io sono in mezzo di voi come colui che serve.

28 Or voi siete quelli che siete perseverati meco nelle mie tentazioni.