Luke Chapter 12, Verse 37
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37: μακαριοι οι δουλοι εκεινοι ους ελθων ο κυριος ευρησει γρηγορουντας αμην λεγω υμιν οτι περιζωσεται και ανακλινει αυτους και παρελθων διακονησει αυτοις
37: Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall
find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird
himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come
forth and serve them.
37: Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall
find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them
sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them.
Shall gird himself. Shall take the place of the servant
himself. Servants who waited on the table were girded in the manner
described above.
Shall make them sit, &c. Shall place them at his table and feast them. This evidently means that if we are faithful to Christ, and are ready to meet him when he returns, he will receive us into heaven -- will admit us to all its blessings, and make us happy there -- as if he should serve us and minister to our wants. It will be as if a master, instead of sitting down at the table himself, should place his faithful servants there, and be himself the servant. This shows the exceeding kindness and condescension of Jesus. For us, poor and guilty sinners, he denied himself, took the form of a servant (Phil 2:7), and ministered to our wants. In our nature he has wrought out salvation, and he has done it in one of the humblest conditions of the children of men. How should our bosoms burn with gratitude to him, and how should we be willing to serve one another] See "Jn 13:1". Also, see Jn 13:2ff.
