# Luke 22:27

> For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

— Luke 22:27, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- AD 30-33? (counted from the text)
- Date source: The same reconstruction of the Passion: AD 30 or 33, within Pilate's prefecture.

## Who ruled

- **Tiberius**, emperor of Rome, AD 14-37 · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Pontius Pilate**, prefect of Judea, AD 26-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- **Caiaphas**, high priest, AD 18-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

## See also

- Matthew 20:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/20/28
- Luke 12:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/12/37
- John 13:5-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/13/5
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/8/9
- Luke 17:7-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/17/7
- Philippians 2:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/2/7

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22
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