Study it in the app“Truly, truly, I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.”
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Jesus repeats the words of John 13:16: “a slave is not greater than his master.”
Formula: μνημονεύετε τοῦ λόγου οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν “remember the word that I said to you” (John 15:20)
truly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “amēn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “doulos” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsgreater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “meizōn” appearsmaster
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriou” appearsenvoy
Someone sent by another to carry his message or do his errand.
Where else “apostolos” appearssend
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsantos” appears“One who is sent” translates apostolos, the word that gives us “apostle.”
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Quotation · John 15:20
Jesus repeats the words of John 13:16: “a slave is not greater than his master.”
John 13:16
16Truly, truly, I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
20Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you, you also may do.
16 · This verse (above)
17If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
1. What it says
What does Jesus do during the supper, what does he answer Peter when he resists, and what does he ask of them all? (vv. 4-15)
2. What it means
Jesus gives a new commandment: to love one another as he has loved them (v. 34). What does his washing of their feet show about that love?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “I have given you an example” (v. 15). Whom could you serve today with a simple gesture, without being asked?
