Luk 22:24-30 | PNT | STEP | There was also a strife among them . This contention probably arose while they were taking seats for the paschal meal, each seeking the chief place. It was rebuked by the Lord washing their feet ( ). See notes on .

Luke 22:24-30

There was also a strife among them. This contention probably arose while they were taking seats for the paschal meal, each seeking the chief place. It was rebuked by the Lord washing their feet (Joh 13:3-5). See notes on Mt 18:1-4. Benefactors. This very title has often been conferred on Gentile rulers, as Ptolemy "Euergetes", "Ptolemy, the Benefactor", one of the kings of Egypt. Ye [shall] not [be] so. Greatness shall be sought by serving. He is greatest who serves the world best. I appoint unto you a kingdom. A kingdom to be secured, not by conquering and ruling, but humility, self-denial, and service. "He that humbleth himself shall be exalted" (Mt 18:14). That ye may eat and drink, etc. Thus shall the apostles be entitled to eat at the Lord's table in the kingdom, and to sit on thrones, etc. They attained these thrones, but they are spiritual, rather than temporal.

See PNT Mt 19:28.