“ And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: ”
See also Mark 10:35-45 . Matthew 20:20 Then came to him give mother of Zebedee’s children ... - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40 ; Mark 16:1 . With her sons - The names of these...
The Request of the Sons of Zebedee. The Christian Standard of Greatness ( Mark 10:35-45 *, Luke 22:24-27 ). Mt. makes the mother of James and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to...
chief . first. servant . bond-servant (in relation to servitude).
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Your servant - Δουλος the lowest secular office, as deacon was the lowest ecclesiastical office: δουλος is often put for slave. From t...
Let him be your servant— There is a gradation here not commonly observed: the original word διακονος in the former verse, which, for want of a better word, we rendered minister, is a name which m...
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32-45 .
The Labourers in the Vineyard. The Journey to Jerusalem 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, an...
Whosoever will be chief. — Better, first, as continuing the thought of Matthew 20:16 . The “servant” (better, slave ) implies a lower and more menial service than that of the “minister” of the...
Chapter 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17-34 - Matthew 21:1-17 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17-34 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the co...
Serving Nobler than Self-Seeking Matthew 20:17-28 For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21 , He dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23 , He...
One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was n...
"And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over t...
THE REFORM OF THE IDLER ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6-7 This parable is one of the most difficult in the...
And whosoever will be chief among you ,.... Or first, or have the pre-eminence, the first place in the kingdom of the Messiah, let him be your servant; or, as in Mark, shall be servant of all :...
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Ver. 27. Let him be your servant ] This is the ready way to rise. Neither may any think himself too good to serve the saints, to wa...
And when the ten heard it It is likely they overheard the conversation; they were moved with indignation Being not only equally desirous, but in their opinion equally deserving of the principal p...
The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his viney...
Ambition Corrected. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain t...
Ver. 25-27. So Mark hath much the same, Mark 10:42-44 . Luke hath also much the same, (but it seemeth spoken at another time), Luke 22:25-27 . I shall not here intermeddle with the disputes som...
Those Who Follow Jesus Are Not To Be Self-seeking But Selflessly Seeking To Serve All, In The Same Way As He As The Servant Is Doing Among Them, Something Especially Revealed In His Giving Of His Li...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 20:17 . Jesus going up to Jerusalem. —The narrative is not continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16-17 we may probably place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan...
Matthew 20:26-28 I. These words have something to tell us of the nature of true greatness. Though Christ does not ignore intellects, or even riches, He yet regards these things, and all things lik...
Matthew 20:1-2 . For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labour...
Matthew 20:1 . A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the cust...
Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons. Nearest to Christ Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left hand as not being within His province,...
EXPOSITION Matthew 20:1-40 Parable of the labourers in the vineyard . (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Matthew 20:1 For . The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm...
A lesson in humility:
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 ; 2 Corinthians 11:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians 4:5 ; Acts 20:34 ; Acts 20:35 ; Luke 22:26 ; Mark 9:33-35 ; Matthew 18:4 ; Romans...