Mark 10:35-41 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 10:32-45

Here is, I. Christ's prediction of his own sufferings; this string he harped much upon, though in the ears of his disciples it sounded very harsh and unpleasing. 1. See here how bold he was; when they were going up to Jerusalem, Jesus went before them, as the captain of our salvation, that was now to be made perfect through sufferings, Mark 10:32. Thus he showed himself forward to go on with his undertaking, even when he came to the hardest part of it. Now that the time was at hand, he said,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:35-40

10:35-40 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask you." "What do you want me to do for you?" he said to them. They said to him, "Grant to us that, in your glory, we may sit one on your right hand and one on your left." "You do not know what you ask," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup which I am drinking? Or, can you go through the experience through which I am going?" "We can," they said to him. Jesus said to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:41-45

10:41-45 When the ten heard about this, they began to be vexed about the action of James and John. Jesus called them to him. "You are well aware," he said, "that those who are esteemed good enough to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It is not so amongst you, but, amongst you, whoever wishes to be great will be your servant, and amongst you, whoever wishes to be first will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:35

And James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him ,.... Along with their mother, who was their mouth, and spoke for them, and they by her: saying, master, we would that thou shouldst do for us whatsoever we shall desire : that is, we earnestly desire, that whereas we have a favour to ask of thee, that thou wouldst not deny us it, be it what it will; See Gill on Matthew 20:20 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:36

And he said unto them ,.... And also to their mother, and to them by her, what would ye that I should do for you ? Christ insists upon their telling him the particular thing they wanted to have done for them, before he would give them any promise, though he knew very well what it was they were desirous of. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:37

They said unto him ,.... By their mother, or seconding her motion: grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory ; or glorious kingdom, which they expected would be quickly set up; and which they might conclude from his having lately promised to all the twelve, that when he should sit on his throne, they should sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; and from his having just now mentioned his rising from the dead,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:38

But Jesus said unto them ,.... Not by granting them what they desired, but by observing their ignorance to them; ye know not what ye ask : for sometimes good men are ignorant petitioners at the throne of grace; they are under the influence of their own spirits, and not the Spirit of God; they are prompted to ask things from a selfish principle, and not with a view to the glory of God, and their own spiritual welfare, and that of others: and indeed, the best of saints know not what they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:39

And they said unto him we can ,.... That is, drink of Christ's cup and be baptized with his baptism which is another instance of their ignorance; for as they knew not the glorious state of things and the nature of it they desired places in so they were unacquainted with themselves; they were ignorant of their own weakness as well as of the greatness of the sufferings Christ should endure or even they should be called unto: had they had a just notion of either, they would not have expressed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:40

But to sit on my right hand and on my left, is mine to give ,.... There being no such places in his kingdom in the sense they petitioned; and as for the glories of the heavenly state or eternal life, the gift of these was not to be settled now it being done already: and though he had a power to give yet only to them who were given him of his Father and who were ordained to such happiness as it follows: but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared ; that is, of his Father as is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:41

And when the ten heard it ,.... The request made by the sons of Zebedee or their mother for them: they began to be much displeased with James and John ; Matthew says "they were moved with indignation against them", Matthew 20:24 ; they were filled with, wrath and were very angry with them; which they showed in their countenances and by their behaviour towards them as well as by words: the Syriac and Arabic versions, render it, "they began to murmur against them"; they highly resented... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 10:32-45

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:35-40

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:41-45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:41

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