Luk 22:29-30 | Family | STEP | I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me ; that is, as the next verse shows, I make you sharers with me in the kingdom which I have received of my Father. But this is a spiritual kingdom, in which the most humble and active in serving their brethren are the greatest.

Luke 22:29-30

I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that is, as the next verse shows, I make you sharers with me in the kingdom which I have received of my Father. But this is a spiritual kingdom, in which the most humble and active in serving their brethren are the greatest. Eat and drink at my table; be admitted to near communion with me, as are the servants of a king who stand high in place and honor.

Sit on thrones; to administer, under spiritual kingdom. In the preeminent place held by the apostles in the establishment of the Christian church, we find the earthly fulfilment of this promise. Another fulfilment is reserved for "the regeneration," when Christ shall make all things new. See note on Mt 19:28.