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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:17-28

Those Who Follow Jesus Are Not To Be Self-seeking But Selflessly Seeking To Serve All, In The Same Way As He As The Servant Is Doing Among Them, Something Especially Revealed In His Giving Of His Life As A Ransom For Many (20:17-28).. Had the evangelists not been fully truthful in all that they wrote this story would have been passed over. Here are two of the greatest of the Apostles and they behave so abominably that we can only blush for them and hang our heads in shame. And it is not hidden... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:22

‘But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They say to him, “We are able.” Jesus then turns to the two young men who are standing there, possibly a little embarrassed, but certainly hopeful. They are totally involved with the request. And He points out to them that they do not know what they are asking. For if they did they would have recognised that they were now seeking places of intense and continual suffering.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:23

‘He says to them, “You will indeed drink my cup. But to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared of my Father.” ’ All this Jesus knows. But as He looks at them, He loves them, and He is indeed aware of what they must suffer for His Name’s sake. So instead of pointing out that they are mistaken and have no idea what they are promising, He descends to a certain extent to their level and acknowledges that they will indeed... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:20-28

Matthew 20:20-Hosea : . The Request of the Sons of Zebedee. The Christian Standard of Greatness ( Mark 10:35-Romans : *, Luke 22:24-Daniel :).— Mt. makes the mother of James and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to her. For Mk.’ s “ glory” (Mat 20:37) he has “ kingdom” ; the meaning is the same. The references to baptism are omitted, and “ my Father” is said to have prepared the places. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 20:22

Mark hath the same, Mark 10:38,Mark 10:39. Our Saviour gently reproves them for their unadvised petition, and again minds them, that he was first to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, and that by much tribulation they also must enter into the kingdom of God; which was a thing fitter for their present thoughts, than sitting at his right hand and left hand, for we must suffer with him, if we will be glorified together, Romans 8:17. How ready are we to ask we know not what! Are ye able to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 20:23

Mark hath the same, Mark 10:39,Mark 10:40. Our Saviour here tells them, that as he was first to suffer and then enter into his glory, so they that should be glorified with him should also first suffer with him; for none shall be crowned but those who strive lawfully, 2 Timothy 2:5; and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution, 2 Timothy 3:12. But who should be highest in the kingdom of glory his Father must determine, upon whose will the disposal of his kingdom, and the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 20:17-28

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 20:17. Jesus going up to Jerusalem.—The narrative is not continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16-17 we may probably place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan” (John 10:40), the raising of Lazarus, and the short sojourn in the city called Ephraim (John 11:54) (ibid.).Matthew 20:18-19. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, etc.—Observe the exactness of the prediction; the Sanhedrin shall condemn but not kill, the Gentiles shall scourge and crucify (Carr).Matthew 20:20.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:20-23

Matthew 20:20-23 (with Mark 10:35-40 ) I. Comparing St. Matthew's and St. Mark's accounts, we see that it was the mother and sons together who made the request. It is a homely human picture of ambition hers for them and herself in them; theirs for themselves though with an eagerness, stimulated it may be by the desire to delight and elevate her. The childlike simplicity with which the request is made, in evident unconsciousness of its deep and solemn connections, is very notable and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:22

Matthew 20:22 Even these great Apostles whom, from the ardent glow of their impetuous love, our Lord calls "Sons of Thunder," were, before the descent of the Holy Ghost, deceived in two ways. (1) They thought that our Lord would bestow by favour the glories of His kingdom and nearness to Himself. (2) They were mistaken as to themselves, and their own power to endure that hardness through which they were to enter into eternal bliss. In a word, they knew fully neither their master nor themselves.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:22-23

Matthew 20:22-23 Law and Prayer. To think that nothing can be too good for their children is an amiable weakness few mothers can resist. Salome had heard Christ discourse of a kingdom which He was about to establish. There would be places and preferments at His disposal, and who so lit to possess them as her own sons? A little forwardness in asking might secure a prize, and so she said to Jesus, "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, the other on the left, in Thy... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:17-28

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:23

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:20-28

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 20:22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 20:23

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 20:17-28

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:20-23

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:22-23

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