MATTHEW 20:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.”
But Jesus called them to him and said: you know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Jesus' call of the ten and the teaching that follows is the Community Discourse's first-last principle applied to the specific situation of status competition among the twelve. The Gentile pattern of leadership is characterized by lording it over and exercising authority — the exercise of power over those beneath.
Church Fathers on Matthew 20:25
So long as the judgment of Christ upon this request was in suspense, the other disciples were not indignant; but when they heard Him rebuke them, they were sorrowful; whence it is said, 'And when the ten heard it, they had indignation against the two brethren.'
They do not lay it upon the forwardness of the mother who spoke the request, but upon her sons, who, not knowing their measure, burned with so immoderate desires.
But as the two had asked carnally, so now the ten are grieved carnally. For as to seek to be above all is blameworthy, so to have another above us is mortifying to our vanity.
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