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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
How much soever you humble yourself, you cannot descend so far as did your Lord.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Knowing how tyrannical is the pride of status, requiring a severe rebuke, He touches them to the quick by consigning them to the lot of Gentiles and infidels if they would be vainglorious. So He shames them by saying, "Other men are renowned as princes and rulers, and the lust for high position is a passion of the Gentiles; but My disciples are made honorable by their humility. So that he who would be great ought to serve the most inferior in rank; this is the mark of extreme humility. I Myself show this. …
Western Saints
Jerome
Just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve. Note that we have frequently said that the one who serves is called the Son of Man. And to give his life as a ransom for many. When he assumed the form of a servant, in order to shed his blood for the world (Philippians 2). He did not say that he would give his life as a ransom for all, but for many, that is, for those who would be willing to believe.
Thomas Aquinas
Since, therefore, they could say, whom shall we follow? He says, follow me; and he shows himself a minister, saying, even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister. But on the contrary: is it not stated above at 4:11 that the angels came and ministered to him? Hence, John 12:2 says that Martha ministered. I say that although he was ministered to, he did not come for that purpose. But for what? That he himself might minister, i.e., bestow the abundance of glory on others. …
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