For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.For — This he proves by his own example.I am in the midst of you — Just now: see with your eyes. I take no state upon me, but sit in the midst, on a level with the lowest of you. read more
Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.Ye have continued with me in my temptations — And all his life was nothing else, particularly from his entering on his public ministry. read more
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;And I — Will preserve you in all your temptations, till ye enter into the kingdom of glory: appoint to you - By these very words. Not a primacy to one, but a kingdom to every one: on the same terms: as my Father hath appointed to me - Who have fought and conquered. read more
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.That ye may eat and drink at my table — That is, that ye may enjoy the highest happiness, as guests, not as servants. These expressions seem to be primarily applicable to the twelve apostles, and secondarily, to all Christ's servants and disciples, whose spiritual powers, honours, and delights, are here represented in figurative terms, with respect to their advancement both in the... read more
§ 122. JESUS SITS DOWN WITH THE TWELVE AMBITIOUS CONTENTION AMONG THEM, Luke 22:14-18; Luke 22:24-30. Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17. 14. Sat down It must never be forgotten, in reading descriptions of the ancient meals, that there was no sitting in chairs, but reclining on couches at the table. The best commentators, assuming that Luke has changed the order, place the strife of the twelve (Luke 22:24-30) immediately upon their sitting down. Then, in reproof of that strife, follows the... read more
15. With desire I have desired The Hebrew mode of saying I have had a most intense desire. The deep emotion of the Saviour at coming to the hour of his last converse with his chosen ones, fills his language with an exquisite pathos. And these last hours were to be devoted to instituting the symbols of his own death. He was to die, be emblematically slain before them, and to appoint the ever-continued repetition of that symbolical death in his Church through future ages. No wonder that he... read more
16. Eat thereof Whether as Passover or Lord’s Supper; both being the same thing in successive stages of development. Until it be fulfilled Until the emblem is fulfilled in the glorious reality. In the kingdom of God In the resurrection state. read more
17. And he took the cup The passover cup. Divide it among yourselves He drank it not himself. read more
18. Until the kingdom of God shall come These words were in substance repeated at the drinking of the sacramental cup, as appears by Matthew 26:29, on which see our notes. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 22:26
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.But ye are to be benefactors to mankind, not by governing, but by serving. read more