A judge or a divider (κριτην η μεριστην). Jesus repudiates the position of judge or arbiter in this family fuss. The language remi…

Who made me a judge? It is not my business to settle controversies of this kind. They are to be settled by the magistrate. Jesus came for …

Man, who made me a judge . . .?—This is the only instance of our Lord’s so addre ing one who had come to Him as a questio…

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made …

St. Ambrose of Milan: The entire preceding passage is given to prepare us to endure suffering for confessing the Lord, to ha…

A person who recognized Jesus as a “teacher” would naturally expect him to have the ability to render a judgment in ethical matters. Rabbis were of…

And he said to him, man
Or "friend", as the Ethiopic version renders it; that is, Jesus said to him, as the Syriac, …

Christ's kingdom is spiritual and not of this world. Christianity does not meddle with politics; it obliges all to do justly, but worldly dominion …