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626 ΚΑΤΑ AOYKAN XXII. 22. καὶ d μὲν vids! τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πορεύεται κατὰ τὸ ὠρισμένον”. πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ, δι οὗ παραδίδοται.' 23. Καὶ αὐτοὶ ἤρξαντο συζητεῖν πρὸς ἑαυτούς, τό, τίς dpa ein ἐξ αὐτῶν 6 τοῦτα µέλλων πράσσειν. 24. ᾿Εγένετο δὲ καὶ φιλονεικία ἐν αὐτοῖς, τό, τίς αὐτῶν δοκεῖ εἶναι μείζων. 25. 6 δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Oi βασιλεῖς τῶν
ἐθνῶν κυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ἐξουσιάζοντες αὐτῶν εὐεργέται καλ-
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26. ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως: GAN’ 6 μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γενέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος: καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος ὡς ὁ διακονῶν.
27. τίς γὰρ μείζων,
~ ie ὁ ἀνακείμενος, ἢ 6 διακονῶν; οὐχὶ 6 ἀνακείμενος; ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι ἐν
1 For καιο p. υ. ΜΒΙΙ, have ort, etc., and NcBL ο vos perv. 2 κατα τ. ω. πορευεται in SBDGLT 13, 6g, etc.
ing as a possibility that Lk. wrote as D represents, have we here another instance of editorial discretion—shrinking from imputing to Jesus the idea of drinking His blood? If with D we omit all that follows σῶμά µου, then it results that Lk. has left out all the words of our Lord setting forth the significance of His death uttered (1) at Caesarea Philippi; (2) on the occasion of the request of Zebedee’s sons; (3) the anointing at Bethany ; (4) the institution of the Sup- per. (2) and (3) are omitted altogether, and (1) is so reported as to make the lesson non-apparent.
Vv. 19-20. The Supper.—Ver. 19. τὸ σῶμά pov, my body, broken like the bread, implying blood-shedding, though that is passed over in silence if the read- ing of D be accepted. Note that in Acts ii. 46 the communion of the faithful is called breaking Ότεαά.- “τὸ ὑ. ὑ. δι- δόµενον: what follows from these words to the end of ver. 20 resembles closely St. Paul’s account in 1 Cor. xi. 23-25. This resemblance is one of the argu- ments of W. and H. against the genuine- ness of the passage. On the whole sub- ject consult J. Weiss (Meyer, eighth edition) and Wendt, L. F., i., 173, both of whom adopt the reading of D.
Vv. 21-23. The traitor (Mt. xxvi. 21- 25, Mk. xiv. 18-21), placed after the Supper, instead of before, as in parallels.—wAjv : making a transition to an incident presenting a strong moral contrast to the preceding.— χεὶρ, the hand, graphic and tragic; the hand which is to perform such opposite acts, now touching the Master’s on the table, ere long tobe the instrument of betrayal. —Ver. 22. πλὴν, adversative, neverthe- less ; the Son of Man destined to go (to gd ath), but that does not relieve the in-
strument of his responsibility.—Ver. 23. πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς, to one another, or among themselves, without speaking to the Master ; otherwise in parallels.—roiro: in an emphatic position = this horrible deed.
Vv. 24-30. Strife among the disciples. Cf. on chap. ix. 46.—Ver. 24. Φιλονεικία, a contention, here only in N.T. The juxtaposition of this strife among the eleven with the announcement of the traitor gives to it by comparison the aspect of a pardonable infirmity in other- wise loyal men, and it is so treated by Jesus.—é tis α., etc., as to the who of them, etc. The topic of the earlier dis- pute (ix. 46) might be : who outside their circle was greater than they all, but here it certainly is: which of them is greater than his fellow. It is usual to connect this incident with the feet-washing in John xiii—®oxet, seems, looks like, makes the impression of being (Bleek and Hahn).—Vv. 25, 26: borrowed from the incident of the two sons of Zebedee (Mt. xx. 25, 26, Mk. x. 42, 43), which Lk. omits and somewhat alters in ex- pression.—Ver. 25. εὐεργέται: here only in N.T., either titular, like our ‘your highness,” e.g., Ptolemy Euergetes (so, many), or = benefactors.—Ver. 26. ἡμεῖς δὲ, etc., but ye not so, elliptical, ἔσεσθε OF ποιήσετε understood.—é νεώτερος, the younger, ‘‘ who in Eastern families fulfils menial duties, Acts v. 6” (Farrar).—é ἡγούμενος, the leader or chief, the name of those in office in the Church in Heb. xiii. 7, also in the epistle of Clement; therefore viewed by some as a note of a late date, but with- out sufficient reason.—Ver. 27 adduces the example of Jesus to enforce the principle stated in ver. 26. He, the ad- mittedly greater, had assumed the position