Luke 22:24 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 22:24

A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.

BSB

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ASV

And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.

KJV

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And there was also a strife among them,.... The Persic version reads, "at a certain time there was a contention among the apostles"; and some think, that this refers to the time when the mother of Zebedee's two sons asked the favour of Christ, to set one of them at his right hand, and the other at his left, in his kingdom; which greatly incensed the other disciples, and occasioned a dispute about precedence; when our Lord interposed, and used much the same arguments as here; and which, it is thought, Luke here inserts out of the proper place.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

There was also a contention among them - It is highly probable, this was the same dispute which is mentioned by St. Matthew and St. Mark: and consequently, though it is related here, it happened some time before.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There was also a strife among them - There are two different instances of this sort of contention or strife mentioned by the evangelists, each of which was accompanied with very different circumstances; one by Matthew, in Mat 18:1, etc., by Mark, Mar 9:33, etc.; and by Luke, in Luk 9:46, etc. That contention cannot have been the same with this which is mentioned here.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγένετο	Egeneto	There was	G1096 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
φιλονεικία	philoneikia	a dispute	G5379 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	them,	G846 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
τίς	tis	which	G5101 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
δοκεῖ	dokei	is thought	G1380 →
εἶναι	einai	to be	G1511 →
μείζων.	meizōn	[the] greatest.	G3173 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 9:46
Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.
leads to
- 3 John 1:9
  I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 18:1–5
  At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
- Mark 9:33–37
  Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
- Matthew 20:20–22
  Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
- Philippians 2:3
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Through
Mark 9:34
But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.
leads to
- Mark 9:50
  Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Philippians 2:3–7
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- 1 Peter 5:3
  not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke