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Luke 22:27 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Luke 22:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 22 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Luke 22:27 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 22:27
Whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?—Jesus poses a rhetorical question with an obvious cultural answer: the one reclining (ἀνακείμενος, anakeimenos) at the banquet holds higher status than the servant (διακονῶν, diakonon) waiting tables. But then comes the shocking reversal: I am among you as he that serveth—The Son of God, the messianic King, identifies not with the master but with the slave.This statement illuminates the entire incarnation. Jesus didn't merely teach servanthood abstractly; He embodied it supremely. Philippians 2:6-8 expands this: Christ "made hims...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 22:27
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“but to serve”
“whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you”
“and began to wash the disciples' feet”
“that”
“taking the form of a servant”
“having a servant plowing or keeping sheep”