Mark 10:41 — Community Reflections

MARK 10:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.”

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John — the ten other disciples' indignation is not righteous but competitive: they are not indignant about the principle of the request but about James and John's attempt to get ahead of them. The greatness argument of chapter 9 has not been resolved; it has simply found a new occasion.

Church Fathers on Mark 10:41

The other Apostles are indignant at seeing James and John seeking for honour; wherefore it is said, 'And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.' For being influenced by human feelings, they were moved with envy; and their first displeasure arose from their seeing that they were not taken up by the Lord; before that time they were not displeased, because they saw that they themselves were honoured before other men. At this time the…
Theophylact · 11th century

In which He teaches, that he is the greater, who is the less, and that he becomes the lord, who is servant of all: vain, therefore, was it both for the one party to seek for immoderate things, and the other to be annoyed at their desiring greater things, since we are to arrive at the height of virtue not by power but by humility.
Bede · 8th century

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