Mark 10:37

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,…

See the notes at Mat 20:20-28. Mar 10:35 And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to…

In thy glory - In the kingdom of thy glory - three MSS. Which kingdom they expected to be established on earth.

And be baptized - Or, be baptized. Instead of και and η or, is the reading of BCDL, five…

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…

that we may sit The mention of Thrones (Mat 19:28), as in reversion for the Twelve at the coming of their Master in glory, may have suggested the idea to the aspiring Three. This session on the right…