Luc 22:26

26 Mais vous, ne faites point ainsi; et que le plus grand parmi vous, soit comme le plus petit; et celui qui gouverne, comme celui qui sert.

Luc 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.

Luc 22:26 In-Context

24 Il arriva aussi une contestation entre eux, sur celui d'entre eux qui serait estimé le plus grand.

25 Mais il leur dit: Les rois des nations les maîtrisent, et ceux qui exercent leur autorité sur elles sont nommés bienfaiteurs.

26 Mais vous, ne faites point ainsi; et que le plus grand parmi vous, soit comme le plus petit; et celui qui gouverne, comme celui qui sert.

27 Car lequel est le plus grand, celui qui est à table, ou celui qui sert? n'est-ce pas celui qui est à table? et cependant je suis au milieu de vous comme celui qui sert.

28 Or, pour vous, vous avez persévéré avec moi dans mes épreuves;