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 {Who then is greatest} (	is ara meiz(936e) estin). The ara
seems to point back to the tax-collection incident when Jesus had
claimed exemption for them all as "sons" of the Father. But it
was not a new dispute, for jealousy had been growing in their
hearts. The wonderful words of Jesus to Peter on Mount Hermon
( Mt 16:17-19 ) had evidently made Peter feel a fresh sense of
leadership on the basis of which he had dared even to rebuke
Jesus for speaking of his death ( 16:22 ). And then Peter was one
of the three (James and John also) taken with the Master up on
the Mount of Transfiguration. Peter on that occasion had spoken
up promptly. And just now the tax-collectors had singled out
Peter as the one who seemed to represent the group. Mark ( Mr
9:33 ) represents Jesus as asking them about their dispute on the
way into the house, perhaps just after their question in  Mt
18:1 . Jesus had noticed the wrangling. It will break out again
and again ( Mt 20:20-28  Lu 22:24 ). Plainly the primacy of Peter
was not yet admitted by the others. The use of the comparative
meiz(936e) (so ho meiz(936e) in verse  4 ) rather than the
superlative megistos is quite in accord with the _Koin(825f) idiom
where the comparative is displacing the superlative (Robertson,
_Grammar_, pp. 667ff.). But it is a sad discovery to find the
disciples chiefly concerned about their own places (offices) in
the political kingdom which they were expecting.

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