John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:43
But so shall it not be among you ,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish: but whosoever will be great among you shall be , as in Matthew "let him", Matthew 20:26 , be your minister . This was just the reverse of what the two disciples were seeking for; they were indeed for being ministers but then they were for being prime ministers of state;... read more
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