John 13:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The servant is not greater than his lord. — These words have already occurred in the earlier Gospels in another connection. (Comp. Note on Matthew 10:24, and Luke 6:40.) They occur again in this Gospel in John 15:20.

John 13:16

16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.