What did Jesus say the most prestigious person should do in Luke 22:26?
Jesus said the greatest among you should be as the younger, and the chief as one who serves. The most prestigious person, the one at the head, is to go to the bottom of the rung or ladder, taking the servant’s place.
Les explains that in Luke 22:26 Jesus is not describing someone intrinsically wicked or awful. The Greek word protos means prestigious—someone in leadership, at the head of the line. Jesus says the most prestigious person, the one at the head of everything, should go to the bottom of the rung or ladder and become like the younger and like one who serves.
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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What does Jesus say the greatest or chief person should do in Luke 22:26?
Jesus in Luke 22:26 commands that the most prestigious person, the one at the head of everything, should take the lowest place, like a servant or the younger.