Mark 10:38-52 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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 10:46-52

This passage of story agrees with that, Matt. 20:29 Only that there were told of two blind men; here, and Luke 18:35; only of one: but if there were two, there was one. This one is named here, being a blind beggar that was much talked of; he was called Bartimeus, that is, the son of Timeus; which, some think, signifies the son of a blind man; he was the blind son of a blind father, which made the case worse, and the cure more wonderful, and the more proper to typify the spiritual cures wrought... 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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:46-52

10:46-52 They went to Jericho. As Jesus was passing through Jericho, on his way out of the city--his disciples and a great crowd were with him--Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there he began to shout. "Son of David!" he cried, "Jesus! Have pity on me!" Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted all the more, "Son of David! Have pity on me!" Jesus came to a stop. "Call him here!" he said. They... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:42

But Jesus called them to him ,.... Who were at some little distance from him, though so nigh, that he could discern the heat and passion they were in, and knowing that they had the same ambitious views with the two brethren: and saith unto them , to check their pride and vanity and reprove them for their ambitious desires of superiority and pre-eminence over, one another; by showing them that this was a part which the Heathens that knew not God acted and therefore was very unbecoming... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 10:46-52

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

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:46-52

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:42

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