Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 22:24

"And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest." — Luke 22:24 (ASV)

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

Let me read you these two verses together; they strike me as being very remarkable. Here are two questions: They began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing, that is, betray their Lord. And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. What poor creatures we are! How we are tossed with contrary winds! The new question comes up; and yet the old question, which ought to have been smothered by it, still remains there. It is possible that Luke is here alluding to some dispute which the apostles had previously had; and now the Lord, remembering that even in the ashes of contention lived the usual fires of ambition, would quench the last sparks of the evil fire.