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Selected Verse: John 13:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 13:16 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mat 10:24, &c.).
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The servant is not ... - This was universally true, and this they were to remember always, that they were to manifest the same spirit that he did, and that they were to expect the same treatment from the world. See the notes at Mat 10:24-25. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Verily, verily
See on Joh 1:51; see on Joh 10:1.
The servant
No article. Better a servant, as Rev., a bond-servant.
He that is sent (ἀπόστολος)
Literally, an apostle. See on Mat 10:2. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The servant is not greater than his lord - Nor therefore ought to think much of either doing or suffering the same things. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The servant is not greater than his lord - Christ has ennobled the acts of humility by practising them himself. The true glory of a Christian consists in being, in his measure, as humble as his Lord.
Neither he that is sent - Ουδε αποϚολος Nor an apostle. As I think these words were intended for the suppression of all worldly ambition and lordly conduct in the apostles and their successors in the ministry, therefore I think the original word αποϚολος, should be translated apostle, rather than he that is sent, because the former rendering ascertains and determines the meaning better. |
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.