The beloved physician Luke wrote how Jesus said, “Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?”, and in chapter seventeen and verse eight of his book Luke wrote how Jesus said the master will tell the servant, “make ready wherewith I may sup” where we read:
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird yourself,
and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink?
The verse reads, “And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird yourself, ...” Luke began with the words, “and will not rather say unto him” or “and will by no means or not indeed utter, declare and proclaim to the disciple's servant”, “make ready wherewith I may sup” which means “prepare and make the necessary preparations and get everything ready so I, the disciple, might dine and eat an evening meal”, “and gird yourself” or “and the servant is to fasten garments with a girdle or belt upon himself”. Luke shared how Jesus said His “disciple” would “rather” instruct His “servant” to prepare an evening meal for him and “fasten garments” upon himself so he could do the following.
The verse goes on to say, “... and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink?” Luke added the words, “and serve me” or “and minister, attend to and wait at a table to offer food and drink to the disciple”, “till I have eaten and drunken” which means “until I, Jesus' disciple, has consumed, devoured and imbibed”; “and afterward you shall eat and drink” or “and after the disciple finished eating and drinking, then the disciple would do the same”? Luke shared how Jesus said His disciple's “servant” would “serve” him before he ate and drank.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we see how the “servant” was “subject” to his master. Jesus instructed His disciples in many areas of their lives, and the latest was to “forgive” those who “trespass” against them. Even as this “servant” ministered to his master before caring for his own needs, the one who follows Jesus is to attend to Him. God knows what is best for people, and when they submit themselves to His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”, they subject themselves to “serving” Him before themselves. They shall be greatly advantaged for doing so both in this life and the next, and those who are wise will carefully examine Jesus' words about the ministry of this “servant” and follow his example.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus asked, “does he than that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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