Prisoner] This looks back to Ephesians 3:1. 'He can no longer superintend them: they must walk alone. He lost his liberty in their service: they will do what he asks.'
2. To a Greek, meekness was a second-rate virtue, and lowliness no virtue at all. The gospel gives both qualities their true position. The nearer man comes to God, the more he feels his own worthlessness, and the member of a vast Church knows his own insignificance.