Mattityahu 20:27

27 And whoever wishes among you to be rishon (first) will be your eved (servant).

Mattityahu 20:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:27

And whosoever will be chief among you
Or first, or have the pre-eminence, the first place in the kingdom of the Messiah,

let him be your servant;
or, as in Mark, shall be servant of
all:
not only a minister, but a servant; not a servant of some only, but of all. This was verified in the Apostle Paul, who became a servant to all men, though he was free, that he might gain some to Christ; and by so doing was the chief, though he reckoned himself the least of the apostles, yea, less than the least of all saints. The Jews have a saying somewhat like this, that ^F8

``everyone that makes himself (dbek) , as a servant, for the words of the law in this world, shall be made free in the world to come.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 35. 2.

Mattityahu 20:27 In-Context

25 But Moshiach, having summoned them, said, You have daas that those who have the rule over the Goyim domineer them like tyrants.

26 But it will not be thus among you. For whoever wishes to be gadol among you will become your mesharet (servant, minister).

27 And whoever wishes among you to be rishon (first) will be your eved (servant).

28 Just as the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach] did not come to be served, to be ministered to, but to serve, to minister, and to give his neshamah, his nefesh, as a kofer (ransom, pedut) LARABBIM (for the sake of many, for the Geulah Redemption of many, YESHAYAH 53:11).

29 And, as they were going out from Yericho, a great multitude followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.