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Luke 9:46 KJV
Luke · chapter 9 · verse 46
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.Luke 9:46 · King James Version
Luke 9:46 in context
44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
46Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reasoningdialogismosthe thinking of a man deliberating with himself, a thought, inward reasoning, purpose…G1261 →
- aroseeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
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We may observe here, I. The impression which Christ's miracles made upon all that beheld them (Luk 9:43): They were all amazed at the mighty power of God, which they could not but see in all the miracles Christ wrought.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-50