Bible Commentary

Luke 22:24-30

The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:24-30

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The jealousy, among the disciples.

Recommended reading

More for Luke 22:24-30

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:1-30Wednesday and Thursday of Passion Week. Look at that picture—the Son of God awaiting the hour; spending the last day before the arrest and the trial in the deep seclusion of the Bethany home. Over that day the veil of a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:1-71EXPOSITION Luke 23:1-56 THE LAST PASSOVER. Luke 22:1, Luke 22:2 Short explanatory introduction.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:14-38The Last Supper.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Luke 22:21-38How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happin…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty PredictedTHE DISCIPLES ADMONISHED; PETER'S FRAILTY PREDICTED. 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 exa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:24And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. The Lord's words in these verses are peculiar to St. Luke. The strife among the disciples which suggested the Lord's corrective say…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:24-27Greatness after Christ. Three things claim our attention. I. APOSTOLIC FAILURE. When the apostles of our Lord came to look back on this most memorable evening, how pained and how ashamed they must have felt as they reco…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:24-38The proper Christian spirit. Through our Lord's faithful dealing the disciples had been led to wholesome selfsuspicion. They cried out at the possibility of a betrayal of the Master, "Lord, is it I?" But no sooner have…Joseph S. Exell and contributors