But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
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Gill's Exposition
But they held their peace,.... Fearing a reprimand, for their vanity and affectation of worldly grandeur:
for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest; that is, who…
Adam Clarke
Who should be the greatest - See on Mat 18:1-5 (note).
Here, I. Christ foretels his own approaching sufferings. He passed through Galilee with more expedition than usual, and would not that any man should know of it (Mar 9:30); because he had done many…
Cambridge Bible
who should be the greatest They called to mind perhaps the preference given on Hermon to Peter and the sons of Zebedee, and now disputed who should be the greatest in the Messianic kingdom, which they…
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