just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
28. As the Son of man Christ confirms the preceding doctrine by his own example; for he voluntarily took upon himself the form of a servant, and emptied himself, as Paul also informs us, (Philippians 2:7.) To prove more clearly how far he was from indulging in lofty views, he reminds them of his death.
And as they departed from Jericho,.... Which, was distant about ten parsas, or miles, from Jerusalem (i), through which Christ just passed, and had met with Zacchaeus, and called him, and delivered the parable concerning a nobleman's going into a far country.
Verse 28. Even as the Son of man, . Jesus points them to his own example. He was in the form of God in heaven, . He came to men in the form of a servant, . He came not with pomp and glory, but as a man in humble life. And since he came, he had not required them to minister to him. He laboured for them.