Luke 22:27
For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am among you as one that serves.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
28You are they that have continued with me in my trials;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 17:7Which of you that has a servant plowing, or feeding a flock, will say to him immediately, when he comes in from the field, Go and recline at table?
2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet, for your sakes, he became poor, that you, through his poverty, might become rich.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:22-39
The Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty Predicted. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that… Read the whole commentary →