Luke 22:26

Luke 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.

Context of Luke 22:26

24And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatest. 25And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves. 27For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves. 28But ye are they who have persevered with me in my temptations.

Luke 22:26 word by word

ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γινέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.Read the interlinear

• thusοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• greaterμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• servesδιακονέωdiakoneō · to serveG1247

Cross-references for Luke 22:26

• Luke 9:48and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, he is great.
• Matthew 18:3and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
• Matthew 23:8But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.
• Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of [your] mind, that ye may prove what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
• 1 Peter 5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
• 3 John 1:9I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.

Commentaries on Luke 22:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Let him be as the younger - Dr. Lightfoot justly conjectures that Peter was the eldest of all the disciples; and he supposes that the strife was kindled between him and the sons of Zebedee, James and John. These three disciples were those whom Christ had distinguished by peculiar marks of his favor; and therefore it is natural to conclude that the strife lay between these three, the two brothers and Peter. Shall we or Peter be at the head? Neither, says…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26But ye shall not be so - Christ here takes occasion to explain the nature of his kingdom. He assures them that it is established on different principles from those of the world; that his subjects were not to expect titles, and power, and offices of pomp in his kingdom. He that would be most advanced in “his” kingdom would be he that was most humble; and in order to show them this, he took a towel and girded himself after the manner of a servant, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-38Verses 21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan. If he cannot destroy, he will try to disgrace or distress us. Nothing more certainly forebodes a fall, in a professed follower of Christ, than self-confidence, with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-30Jesus celebrated the traditional Jewish Passover but transformed it with reference to his own sacrificial death as the Passover lamb. He also prepared his disciples for his coming death and the leadership role they would assume over his church.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3024-30. there was--or "had been," referring probably to some symptoms of the former strife which had reappeared, perhaps on seeing the whole paschal arrangements committed to two of the Twelve. (See on Mr 10:42-45.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:26

• Ambition
• Church
• Humility

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Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings