MARK 10:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.”
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. Teacher, they said, we want you to do for us whatever we ask — the request of James and John immediately after the most detailed passion prediction is the disciples' incomprehension at its most dramatic. Whatever we ask is a blank check request — the same form as Herod's offer to Herodias's daughter. The irony is acute: Jesus has just predicted his mocking, spitting, flogging, and killing; James and John have responded with a request for seats of honor.
Church Fathers on Mark 10:35
Now the abovementioned disciples thought that He was going up to Jerusalem, to reign there, and then to suffer what He had foretold. And with these thoughts, they desired to sit on the right hand and the left hand.
Matthew has expressed that this was said not by themselves, but by their mother, since she brought their wishes to the Lord; wherefore Mark briefly implies rather that they themselves, rather than their mother, had used the words.
Or else, they know not what they ask, who seek from the Lord a seat of glory, which they do not yet merit.
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