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Luca 9:46

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46 POI si mosse fra loro una quistione: chi di loro fosse il maggiore.

Luca 9:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:46

Then there arose a reasoning among them
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "a thought entered into them"; suggested very likely by Satan, which broke out into words, and issued in a warm dispute among them; and this was in the way, as they were travelling from Caesarea Philippi, to Capernaum; see ( Mark 9:33 ) .

Which of them should be greatest;
that is, "in the kingdom of heaven", as in ( Matthew 18:1 ) in the kingdom of the Messiah, which they expected would be a temporal one: wherefore the dispute was not about degrees in glory, nor in grace; nor who should be the greatest apostle and preacher of the Gospel; but who should be prime minister to the king Messiah, when he should set up his monarchy in all its grandeur and glory.

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Luca 9:46 In-Context

44 Voi, riponetevi queste parole nelle orecchie; perciocchè il Figliuol dell’uomo sarà dato nelle mani degli uomini.
45 Ma essi ignoravano quel detto, ed era loro nascosto; per modo che non l’intendevano, e temevano di domandarlo intorno a quel detto.
46 POI si mosse fra loro una quistione: chi di loro fosse il maggiore.
47 E Gesù, veduto il pensier del cuor loro, prese un piccol fanciullo, e lo fece stare appresso di sè.
48 E disse loro: Chi riceve questo piccol fanciullo, nel nome mio, riceve me; e chi riceve me, riceve colui che mi ha mandato; perciocchè chi è il minimo di tutti voi, esso è grande.
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