VER. 24—27. ST. LUKE. 709 BBDE. But woe alsoto that man, who coming unworthilyto theTable of our Lord,afterthe example of Judas,betraysthe Son,not indeed to Jews, but to sinners,that is,to hisown sinfulmembers. AlMiough the eleven Apostlesknew that theywere meditating nothing againsttheirLord, yet not withstandingbecause they trustmore to theirMaster than themselves,fearingtheirown infirmities,theyask concerning a sinof which they had no consciousness.BASIL. For as in Basil.inbodilydiseasesthereare many of which the affectedare not ^e£,B^i sensible,but they rather put faithin the opinion of their physicians,than trusttheirown insensibility;so alsoin the diseasesof the soul,though a man is not consciousof sin in himself,yet ought he to trustto those who are able to have more knowledge of theirown sins. 24. And therewas alsoa strifeamong them,which ofthem shouldbe accountedthegreatest. 25. And He saidunto them,The kingsoftheGen tilesexerciselordshipover them ; and they thatex erciseauthorityupon them arecalledbenefactors. 26. But ye shallnot be so: but he thatisgreatest among you, lethim be as the younger; and he that ischief,as he thatdoth serve. 27. For whetheris greater,he thatsittethatmeat, orhe that serveth? is not he that sittethat meat ? butI am among you as he thatserveth. THEOPHYL. While they were enquiringamong themselves who should betraythe Lord, they would naturallygo on to say to one another," Thou art the traitor,"and so become impelledto say," I am the best,I am the greatest." Hence it is said,And therewas also a strifeamong them which should be accounted the greatest. GREEK Ex. Or the strifeApolli- seems to have arisenfrom this,thatwhen our Lord was de- partingfrom the world,itwas thought that some one must become theirhead, as taking our Lord's place. BEDE. As good men seekin the Scripturesthe examplesof theirfathers, that they may thereby gain profitand be humbled, so the