John Bengel Commentary - Luke 22:24 - 22:24

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John Bengel Commentary - Luke 22:24 - 22:24


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Luk 22:24. Δὲ καὶ) Not merely the traitor, but also the Eleven, caused uneasiness (exhibited a spirit displeasing) to the Lord.-φιλονεικία, a strife) which was fraught with danger. Comp. Luk 22:31. [This contention must certainly have occurred within the city: and to the words which Jesus spake in order to allay it, Luke adds, besides other topics, the prediction concerning Peter’s subsequent denial of his Lord, which Matthew and Mark mention after His departure from the city.-Harm., p. 516]-τίς δοκεῖ, which of them appears, or is to be accounted) Who is (the greater) according to the suffrages of all.-μείζων) the greater, as (the one to be accounted) the first, the second, the third, etc. The question was not merely concerning the greatest.