And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto them,.... The disciples; that is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions express:
the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; by which our Lord would…
Barnes' Notes
A strife - A contention or debate. Which of them should be the greatest - The apostles, in common with the Jews generally, had supposed that the Messiah would come as a temporal prince, and in the…
Adam Clarke
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…
We have here Christ's discourse with his disciples after supper, much of which is new here; and in St. John's gospel we shall find other additions. We should take example from him to entertain and…
Cambridge Bible
And there was also a strife Philoneikia,-an ambitious contention," occurs here only. It is probable that this dispute arose while they were taking their places at the couches (triclinia), and may…
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