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Luke 9:46

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Concerning the Greatest

9:46Now an argument started among the disciples158 as to which of them might be159 the greatest.

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Footnotes

  1. 158 Grk “among them”; the referent (the disciples) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 159 The use of the optative mood means the answer is not clear ( §§267.2.3; 385.2.2).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

An argument started among them about who was the greatest of them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And an argument developed among them as to who of them might be greatest.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.