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Have lordship over (κυριευουσιν). From κυριος. Common verb, to lord it over.
Benefactors (ευεργετα). From …

The kings of the Gentiles. The kings of the nations, or of the earth. They do this, and it is to be expected of them, and it is r…

The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them.—See Notes on Matthew 20:25; Mark 10:42. The repetition …

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors…

Theophylact of Ohrid: While they were asking among themselves who would betray the Lord, they would naturally go on to say …

Their questions about this treachery leads immediately to the disciples’ argument—shocking on this solemn occasion—about precedence ([Reference Mar…

And he said to them The disciples; that is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions express:

How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon Himself the form of a servant a…
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A.T. Robertson
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