...worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he saith unto her, What wilt thou? She sailh unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the...right hand and the other on the left, in thy kingdom." She wanted to have her children a kind of prime ministers, or chief rulers under the Messiah. Notice...

...sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? interpreted, My (jod, my God, why hast thou forsaken...them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, To sit on the right hand and on the left, is to have the most eminent places of dignity and honour...

...mother of the sons of Zebedee, James and John, came with her two sons to Christ with this petition, " Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy...hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom." She had heard from her sons, that the Apostles in general had a promise of a more eminent dignity in...

...of Zebedee's children came to him with her sons worshipping him," and that she made the request, " Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy...hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom." St. Mark speaks of the request as proceeding from the sons themselves. There is, however, no real difference,...

...of this Epistle see the comment on that for St. Peter's day. And he said unto her, What wilt thon ? ^ N v y z I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him,...

...another Gospel) of Zebedee's children joins with her sons in making the very extraordinary request : " Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy...hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom." Now there is a bad element in that request, and there is a good one. The bad was the personal vanity...

...desires of men. The mother, coveting with them the place of honor in this kingdom for her sons, asked, "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on...hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom." But the Saviour answered, "Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink...

...be to be associated with him therein. Therefore she came to him and preferred the ambitious request, "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on...hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom." When the two men assured him that they would be able to endure the drinking of his cup and the partaking...

...them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. (Luke 22:24; see also Mark 9:34 and Luke 9:46) ...Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on...right hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom. (Matthew 20:21) The early church was plagued with the same tendency: / wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes,...

...sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may...right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall...