Discovery BoxLuke 14:1 
Context14:1 Now 1 one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine 2 at the house of a leader 3 of the Pharisees, 4 they were watching 5 him closely.
Luke 22:26
Context22:26 Not so with you; 6 instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader 7 like the one who serves. 8
1 tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
2 tn Grk “to eat bread,” an idiom for participating in a meal.
3 tn Grk “a ruler of the Pharisees.” He was probably a synagogue official.
4 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
5 sn Watching…closely is a graphic term meaning to lurk and watch; see Luke 11:53-54.
6 tn Grk “But you are not thus.”
7 tn Or “the ruler.”
8 sn And the leader like the one who serves. Leadership was not to be a matter of privilege and special status, but of service. All social status is leveled out by these remarks. Jesus himself is the prime example of the servant-leader.
