Luk 6:40 | RWP | e4.org | The disciple is not above his master ( ουκ εστιν μαθητης υπερ τον διδασκαλον ). Literally, a learner (or pupil) is not above the teacher. Precisely so in where "slave" is added with "lord." But here Luke adds: "But everyone when he is perfected shall be as his master" ( κατηρτισμενος δε πας εστα ως ο διδασκαλος αυτου ). The state of completion, perfect passive participle, is noted in κατηρτισμενος . The word is common for mending broken things or nets ( ) or men ( ). So it is a long process to get the pupil patched up to the plane of his teacher.

‏ Luke 6:40

The disciple is not above his master ( ουκ εστιν μαθητης υπερ τον διδασκαλον ). Literally, a learner (or pupil) is not above the teacher. Precisely so in Mt 10:24 where "slave" is added with "lord." But here Luke adds: "But everyone when he is perfected shall be as his master" ( κατηρτισμενος δε πας εστα ως ο διδασκαλος αυτου ). The state of completion, perfect passive participle, is noted in κατηρτισμενος. The word is common for mending broken things or nets (Mt 4:21) or men (Ga 6:1). So it is a long process to get the pupil patched up to the plane of his teacher.