It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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It shall not be so amonge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amonge you let him be youre minister:
and whosoever wilbe chefe let him be youre servaut
even as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
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But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
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- Luke 22:27 (v28) For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
- Hebrews 9:28 (v28) so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting…
- Titus 2:14 (v28) who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for…
- Mark 10:43 (v26) But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
- Mark 9:35 (v26) He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”
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- 1 Peter 3:18 (v28) Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the…
- Mark 10:45 (v26) For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- 1 Peter 5:3 (v26) not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
- Philippians 2:4-8 (v28) each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. Have this in your mind, which was also in…
- 1 Timothy 2:6 (v28) who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,
- Luke 18:14 (v26) I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who…
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 (v28) For 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…
- 1 Peter 2:24 (v28) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
- Revelation 1:5 (v28) and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and…
- Ephesians 1:7 (v28) in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- 1 Peter 1:18-19 (v28) knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your…
- Revelation 5:8-9 (v28) Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and…
- Matthew 26:28 (v28) for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
- Mark 14:24 (v28) He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
- John 13:4-17 (v28) arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into the…
- Hebrews 5:8 (v28) though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
- Romans 4:25 (v28) who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
- Romans 5:15-19 (v28) But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by…
- Galatians 3:13 (v28) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
- Ephesians 5:2 (v28) Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- 1 John 2:2 (v28) And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- Isaiah 53:5 (v28) But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his…
- Isaiah 53:10-11 (v28) Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He…
- Luke 14:7-11 (v26) He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, “When you are invited by…
- John 10:15 (v28) even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 11:50-52 (v28) nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.” Now he…
- Hebrews 2:10 (v28) For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of…
- 1 Peter 4:11 (v26) If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in…
- Psalms 49:7 (v28) none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
- Isaiah 53:8 (v28) He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and…
- Daniel 9:24-26 (v28) “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make…
- Job 33:24 (v28) then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
- Matthew 8:20 (v28) Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
- Luke 22:26 (v27) But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
- Romans 3:24-26 (v28) being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith…
- Mark 9:33-35 (v27) He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?” But they were…
- Matthew 18:4 (v27) Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Matthew 23:8-12 (v26) But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. Call no man on the earth your father,…
- Matthew 25:44 (v26) “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and…
- 2 Corinthians 4:5 (v27) For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
- Acts 20:34-35 (v27) You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so…
- Romans 1:14 (v27) I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.
- 3 John 1:9-10 (v26) I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say. Therefore if I come, I will call…
- John 18:36 (v26) Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be…
- 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (v27) For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I…
- 2 Corinthians 10:4-10 (v26) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations…
- 2 Timothy 1:18 (v26) (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
- Philemon 1:13 (v26) whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
- Hebrews 1:14 (v26) Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
- Ezekiel 24:13 (v26) “ ‘ “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any…
- Acts 13:5 (v26) When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24 (v26) We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 (v27) For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 (v27) Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in…
- 2 Corinthians 12:15 (v27) I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26 But it shall not be so among you:…
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Ver. 26. But it shall not be so among you] How express is that against Papal primacy and lordly prelacy. When the duke shall be damned, what will become of the bishop? said the clown to the Bishop of Cullen. Mr Whitehead refused a bishopric, because he liked not to be lorded. And Mr Coverdale being deprived of his bishopric in Queen Mary’s days, would not (for the same cause) be reinvested in Queen Elizabeth’s, but taught a school. Mr Knox would not have a bishopric, because it had aliquid commune cum antichristo somewhat with the common antichrist.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v28 So saith Mark, Mar 10:45. The apostle saith, Phi…
So saith Mark, Mar 10:45. The apostle saith, Phi 2:7 he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant. Our Saviour had before taught them, that the disciple is not above his master. Such, saith our Saviour, as is the King in my kingdom, such must the rulers and great persons in it be. See what a kingdom I have; I came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, to serve the necessities of men’s and women’s souls and bodies; and to give my life a ransom for many, lutron, a redemption price. The apostle useth αντιλυτρον, which signifieth a price paid instead of another, 1Ti 2:6. So as there is no further satisfaction or price to be paid for any.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On v28 To encourage his disciples to the forementioned condescending humility…
To encourage his disciples to the forementioned condescending humility one towards another, our Saviour propounds to them his own instructive example, I am not to be ministered unto, says Christ, but to minister to the wants and necessities of others, both for soul and body. "O what a sight will it be, as if our Lord had said, to behold an humble God, and a proud creature; an humble Saviour, and an haughty sinner!"
Yea, our Lord urges his example farther, that as he laid down his life for us, so should we be ready to lay down our lives for one another. Did Christ lay down his life for us, and shall we not lay down a lust for him? our pride, our ambition, our affectation of dignity and superiority over others?
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Note here two things; 1. Whereas it is said that Christ gave his life for a ransom for many; it is elsewhere affirmed, that he tasted death for every man, even for them that denied the Lord who brought them. The word many in other places of scripture, is not exclusive of some, but inclusive of all.
Thus Many that sleep in the dust shall arise Dan 12:2 : answer, All that sleep in the grave shall hear his voice Joh 5:28-29. Thus, Through the offence of one many died Rom 1:15; answer, In Adam all died 1Co 15:22.
There is a virtual sufficiency in the death of Christ for the salvation of mankind, and an actual efficacy for the salvation of them that repent, and believe, and obey the gospel.
Note, 2. From these words, He gave his life a ransom. That Christ suffered in our stead, and died in our place, and gave his life instead of ours. It was the constant opinion both of the Jews and Gentiles, that their piacular victims were ransoms for the life of the offender, and that he who gave his life for another, suffered in his stead, to preserve him from death.
And who can reasonably suppose, but that our Lord intended by saying he gave himself a ransom, that he gave his life instead of the lives of those for whom he suffered? Vain are the Socinians, when they say, this price was to be paid to Satan, because he detained us captive.
True; the price is to be paid to him that detains the captive, when he doth this for gain to make money of him, as the Turks detain the Christians captive at Algiers; but when a man is detained in custody for violation of a law, then it is not the gaoler, but the legislator, to whom the price of redemption must be paid, or satisfaction be made.
Accordingly this price was paid to God; for Christ became our ransom, as he offered up his life and blood for us: now he offered himself without spot to God, Heb 9:14. he therefore paid the price of our redemption to God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–28 And whosoever will be chief among you,.... Or first,…
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,
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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 (h).
"everyone that makes himself as a servant, for the words of the law in this world, shall be made free in the world to come.''
(h) T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 35. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v26 Your minister - That is, your servant. Matt. xxiii,…
Your minister - That is, your servant. Matt. xxiii, 11.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Verse 26. It shall not be so among you]…
Verse 26. It shall not be so among you] Every kind of lordship and spiritual domination over the Church of Christ, like that exercised by the Church of Rome, is destructive and anti-christian.
Your minister] Or, deacon, διακονος. I know no other word which could at once convey the meaning of the original, and make a proper distinction between it and δουλος, or servant, in Mt 20:27. The office of a deacon, in the primitive Church, was to serve in the agapae, or love feasts, to distribute the bread and wine to the communicants; to proclaim different parts and times of worship in the churches; and to take care of the widows, orphans, prisoners, and sick, who were provided for out of the revenues of the Church. Thus we find it was the very lowest ecclesiastical office. Deacons were first appointed by the apostles, Ac 6:1-6; they had the care of the poor, and preached occasionally.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v28 A redemption for many; i.e. for all, as it…
A redemption for many; i.e. for all, as it is sometimes the style of the Scriptures. See St. Paul, 1 Timothy ii. 6. (Witham) --- Certain Puritans pretend from this part of holy Scripture, that all superiority is forbidden; but it is merely pride, ambition, and haughtiness, not superiority, that is here proscribed. Jesus Christ himself, as Son of man, was their and our Superior, Lord, and Master, notwithstanding his humility. (Bristow) --- For the divine appointment of both civil and ecclesiastical government, see Romans xiii. 2. and 1 Corinthians xii. 28. Hebrews chap. xiii. 7, 17.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26. Shall not be so among you — Our…
26. Shall not be so among you — Our Lord does not here mean that there shall be no orders in the Christian Church, or even in heaven. But these Church orders are founded on the principle of service rather than lordship.
The officer of the Church is truly the servant of the Church; and if he exercise authority from any other motive he is guilty of worldly ambition. He is repeating the misdoing of James and John.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v28 28. a ransom]=the price paid for the redemption of…
28. a ransom]=the price paid for the redemption of a captive from slavery. For the thought cp. Rom_3:24; 1Co_6:20; 1Pe_1:19. The English word is derived through the French rançon from Lat. redemptionem.
for many] Cp. 1Ti_2:6, “Who gave himself a ransom for all.”
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for] Not ὑπέρ, ‘on behalf of,’ but ἀντί, ‘in the place of.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–28 (26) Whosoever will be great.—Better, whosoever wisheth to be…
(26) Whosoever will be great.—Better, whosoever wisheth to be great. The man who was conscious, as the disciples were, of the promptings of ambition was at once to satisfy and purify them by finding his greatness in active service; not because that service leads to greatness of the type which natural ambition seeks for, but because it is in itself the truest and highest greatness.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv26–28 It shall not be so among you. There is…
It shall not be so among you. There is good authority for reading "is" instead of "shall be." The new order of things was already prepared. In Messiah"s kingdom a contrary rule holds good. There the governors rule solely for the good of the flock, with no self-seeking, and serving no private interests. Whosoever will be (ov ealh ... genesyai : whosoever would fain become) great among you... minister (diakonov). Taking for granted that there will be ranks and gradations of office in the Church, Christ lays down the rule that men become governors therein in order that they may serve their brethren, be the ministers of those who are subject to them. So the pope, in his official documents, with a verbally proper humility, terms himself, "Servus servorum Dei."
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv26, 28 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him…
Mat_20:26-28
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
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True greatness
Greatness a word often used, and peoples ideas of it differ much.
Some regard it as consisting in wealth, social position, physical strength. Christ places it in service, springing from love in the heart. Mans true greatness must be in himself.
1. The importance of a true ideal of life.
2. This true ideal can be realized by every one of us. No life need be a failure. (C. O. Bridgman, D. D.)
Greatness measured by service
I. Greatness is to be measured by service. No man lives or dies to himself. Florence Nightingale moved other women most when she herself went to minister on battle fields.
II. The greater men are in intellect and culture, the more imperative it is that they become leaders and helpers. If a man has power to do good and refuses, he is not guiltless.
III. Those who thus labour for the good of their fellow-men are the greatest. Love is the greatest power on the earth. (G. Anderson, D. D.)
Basis of true greatness
1. Our Lord does not condemn the spirit of ambition, but simply aims to point out the basis of real greatness. He regarded His disciples, in a certain sense, as kings, but He would have them establish their regal right in a different manner from the princes of this world.
2. In how many scriptural promises do we find this principle recognized. They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever: St. Paul says, There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, etc.
3. Rank in the kingdom of heaven will be measured by humility. Condescension is the measure of exaltation. The way up to the glory of the Exalted One is through humble, self-denying love. (R. W. Clark, D. D.)
The greatness of being useful
Yet what has the patriot made himself but the servant of his countrymen: It was in order to the ministering to the well-being of thousands, that he threw himself into the breach, and challenged tyranny to the battle. It was for the sake of securing the rights of those who trod the same soil with himself, that he arose as the champion of the wretched and injured. The case is the same with the philosopher as with the patriot. Accordingly, he who labours in the mine of truth, and presents to the world the results of his investigations, furnishes his fellow-men with new principles on which to act in the business of life, and thus equips them for fresh enterprises, and instructs them how to add to the sum total of happiness. We need not exemplify this in particular instances. You are all aware how scientific research is turned to account in everyday life, and how the very lowest of our people enjoy, in one way or another, the fruits of discoveries which are due to the marvellous sagacity, and the repeated experiments, of those who rank foremost in the annals of philosophy. And thus it is evident that the man who is great in science, is great in the power of serving his fellow-men, and that it is this latter greatness which insures him their applauses. If his discoveries were of no benefit to the many; if they opened no means by which enjoyments might be multiplied, toil diminished, or danger averted; his name would be known only within a limited circle, and there would be nothing that approached to a general recognition of superiority. The individual again who gains renown as a statesman, who serves his country in the senate as the warrior in the field, is the minister to all classes, so that the very lowest have the profit of his toils. And in proportion as the service wore the aspect of selfishness, would the tribute of applause be diminished: we should be less and less disposed to allow, that, in making himself a servant, he had made himself great, if we had increasing cause to think that his main design was the serving himself. But there is no room for suspicions of this class, when the exhibition is that of a fine Christian philanthropy, leading a man to give his assiduity to the sick-beds of the poor, or the prisons of the criminal. Accordingly, when an individual is manifestly and strongly actuated by this philanthropy, there is an almost universal consent in awarding him the appellation of great: even those who would be amongst the last to imitate are amongst the first to applaud. (H. Melvill, B. D.)
Pride destroys the best elements of character
The rebel against lawful authority cannot be truly great: the slave of his own passions cannot be truly great: the idolater of his own powers cannot be truly great. And the proud man is this rebel, this slave, this idolater; for pride spurns at the Divine dominion, gives vigour to depraved affections, and exaggerates all our powers. What, then, can be more accurate than that pride destroys the chief elements of which a great character is compounded, so that it must be to direct a man in the way to eminence, to prescribe that he be clothed with humility? (H. Melvill, B. D.)
Christ our Redeemer because our servant
But if Christ thus made Himself servant to the human race, it is this very fact which is to draw to Him finally universal homage. Had He not been their servant, He could not have been their Redeemer; and, if not their Redeemer, then at His name would not every knee have bowed, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. Thus He illustrates His own precept: He became great through redeeming; but since lie redeemed through making Himself the minister to a lost world, lie became great through becoming a servant. (H. Melvill, B. D. )
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26. It shall not be so among you. No…
26. It shall not be so among you. No such lordship, no such authority, can be tolerated in your fraternity. The case is a rebuke of unhallowed ambition. Men prominent in the church should be the first to heed the admonition. Such priestly despotism as the absolute rule of the Catholic, Greek, and of some Protestant churches is at variance with this principle. Whosoever will be great … let him be your minister. Your deacon, servant. Greatness in the kingdom of heaven consists in doing, rather than in being, and in doing for others, rather than for self. Greatness is to be found in service. Only those men are truly great who are the servants of their race, helpers of mankind.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v28 Son of man (See Scofield "Mat 8:20") Also, Php…
Son of man (See Scofield "Mat 8:20") Also, Php 2:7
ransom See, Isa 53:10; Isa 53:11.
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Mat 20:22 "cup," margin ref: (See Scofield "Mat 20:22"); Exo 14:30; Isa 59:20; Rom 3:24
(See Scofield "Exo 14:30") See Scofield "Isa 59:20" See Scofield "Rom 3:24"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv27–28 20:27 The word slave is a common metaphor for…
20:27 The word slave is a common metaphor for the submissive relationship of a disciple to his master (8:9; 10:24-25; 24:45-51; 25:14-30). Jesus’ disciples serve others, following Jesus’ example (e.g., John 13:1-17).
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