‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est ainsi que le Fils de l'homme est venu, non pour être servi, mais pour servir et donner sa vie comme la rançon de plusieurs.
KJV
‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
: עובד Obed, and so Jerome], for “the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” [ Matt 20:28 ] He is Jesse, or ‘burnt’ [ed. note, x: As if from אשׁ ], for, “I am come to send fire on earth.” [ Luke 12:49 ] He is David [ed. note, y: And so Jerome], ‘mighty in ar…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
self in the midst of them, a little one who had come “not to be ministered unto, but to minister,” [ Matt 20:28 ] that He might be a pattern of holiness. Others interpret [margin note: see Origen in loc.] the little one of the Holy Spirit whom He set in the hearts of His disciple…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 87 (Migne)
ominis non [Col. 0919A] ministrari, sed ministrare, et dare animam suam in redemptionem pro multis (Matth. XX, 28) . Quarto, ut credat atque confiteatur Deum omnipotentem omnes quoscunque vult salvare, et neminem posse salvari ullatenus nisi quem ipse salvaverit, omnes autem sal…
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