Luke 22:24
But there was also a contention among them, who of them was the greatest.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
In Context
23And they began to inquire among themselves, who it was of them who this should do.
Cross References
Mark 9:34But they were silent: for they had contended in the way one with another, who should be greatest among them.
Luke 9:46And there entered among them the thought, Who should be greatest among them?
1 Corinthians 13:4LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated;
James 4:5Or do you vainly think that the scripture saith, that In emulation desireth the Spirit who dwelleth in us?
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 →