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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is not he that sitteth at meat? but 1 am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. For he had just then taken a towel, and girded himself, and washed their feet, so becoming Servus servorum, the Servant of servants, though he was in very truth the King of kings.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. He served in the very humblest capacity, for did he not even wash the disciples’ feet? And if he, who was the greatest of all, thus condescended to perform the lowliest service, who among us shall be so lifted...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye are they which have continued with me,.... From the beginning of his ministry, to that very time, they abode by him, and never departed from him, when others withdrew and walked no more with him: in my temptations: not in the wilderness by Satan; for they were not with him then, not being as yet called to be his disciples and followers: but in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. There is a reward to the righteous, though they serve not for reward, for the Lord says: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are they which hove continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Yes, there are thrones and a kingdom for those who are faithful to the King of kings; but there is something...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I appoint unto you a kingdom,.... Not a temporal one, but a spiritual one; and either intends that they should have in the government of the church, peculiar to them, as apostles, they being set in the first, and highest place, and office, in the church; and have the keys of the kingdom of heaven, or the Gospel dispensation, and church state,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink; at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Ah, but see what follows! No sooner, in this chapter, does the thought seem to rise than it is dashed down again; the brightness ever has a shadow cast across it,
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That ye may eat, and drink, at my table, in my kingdom,.... In the Gospel dispensation, or Gospel church state, in which Christ has a table, called the table of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 10:21 which is the Lord's supper, and is a table well furnished with the best of provisions, his flesh and blood, of which believers may eat and drink with a hearty...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon,.... Peter is particularly, and by name, spoken to, either because he might be a principal person in the debate and contention about superiority, mentioned in the context; or because he was chiefly to suffer in the following temptation of Satan; or because he was generally the mouth of the rest of the apostles; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. We are thinking about thrones, and about which of us shall have the loftiest throne, but see how the Master is thinking about the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Trial would be general to all the apostles: Satan hath desired to have you;” but the danger would be special to Peter on account of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: And between us and the kingdom there will be struggles and dangers; and watchfulness and wrestling prayer will be required of us. And here is our only hope of escape from the perils of the way, as it was with poor Peter
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I have prayed for thee,.... Christ prayed for all the apostles; but particularly for Peter, because he was in the greatest danger: whether the prayer Christ refers to was that in John 17:1 in which are many passages relating to the preservation, sanctification, final perseverance and glorification of the apostles, as well as of other saints,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: — “I have made thee, Simon, a special object of thy prayer. All the brotherhood will be tried, but for thee I have especially prayed, for thou, who seemest to be the strongest, art the weakest of them all, so I have prayed specially for thee, that thy faith fail not.” Luk_22:32. And when thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren; And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. Though Peter did not really...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto him,.... That is, Simon, or Simeon, said unto him, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it; he made a reply to Jesus, saying, as one fearless of danger, and confident in himself: I am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to death; he suggests, that he was not afraid of Satan, nor of his temptations, of being sifted,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. That is bravely spoken, Peter; and yet it is very foolishly said, too. He spoke out of his very heart, and he meant what he said; but Peter did not know what a poor weak body Peter really was. His Master understood him far better.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And I have no doubt that he thought he was ready to do all this; he spoke out of the fullness of his heart, but he did not know the weakness of his flesh. We are all too apt to promise great things, and to fail in the fulfillment of them.