Mark 10:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. ”

• Mark 10:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28 . Mark 10:35 And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got...

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• Mark 10:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Request of the Sons of Zebedee. The Christian Standard of Greatness. In spite of anticipation of ill, the disciples continued to hope for a kingdom of worldly power, and to dispute as to their...

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• Mark 10:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  but , &c.. but it is theirs for whom it is already prepared. Compare Matthew 20:23 .

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• Mark 10:40 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1442 THE AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN REPROVED Mark 10:35-40 . And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever...

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• Mark 10:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. Is not mine to give - See on Matthew 20:23 (note).

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• Mark 10:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give...

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• Mark 10:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Question of Divorce. The Rich Young Man. Blind Bartimæus 1-12. The question of divorce ( Matthew 19:3 ). See on that passage, and on Matthew 5:32 . St. Mark represents our Lord as prohibiting...

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• Mark 10:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  [ Mark 10:32-34 : See Mark 8:31 ] CHAPTER 10:35-40 ( Mark 10:35-40 ) CHRIST'S CUP AND BAPTISM "And there came near unto Him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto Him, Master, we woul...

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• Mark 10:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  True Riches and Real Greatness Mark 10:23-52 Wealth brings many temptations. It is not said that rich men cannot get through the gate, but they will have to stoop very low and be stripped of th...

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• Mark 10:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Pharisees raised a question concerning the marriage relation. The Master went to the root of all things in the words, "From the beginning of the creation." The supreme and final authority is not...

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• Mark 10:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (35) 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. (30) And he said unto them, What would ye that I should...

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• Mark 10:40 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  POSITION IN HEAVEN ‘But to sit on My right hand and on My left hand is not Mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.’ Mark 10:40 I. There are degrees in glory .—O...

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• Mark 10:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But to sit on my right hand and on my left, is mine to give ,.... There being no such places in his kingdom in the sense they petitioned; and as for the glories of the heavenly state or eternal life...

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• Mark 10:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And James and John come to him, saying By their mother, (see Matthew 20:20 ,) for it was she, not they, that uttered the words: Master, we would that thou shouldest do , &c. Here, again, the...

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• Mark 10:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Prediction of His Sufferings.       32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were...

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• Mark 10:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 10:35 "

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• Mark 10:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Mission in Judaea - Jesus Pronounces on Divorce, On Entry Under the Kingly Rule of God, on The Dangers of Riches and on the Requirement of Becoming a Servant As He Has Done (10:1-45). Jesus no...

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• Mark 10:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 10:40 . See R.V. for last clause, which, however, may also be rendered same to them for whom it is prepared (made ready). “The throne is the prize of toils, n...

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• Mark 10:40 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 10:40 We learn from the text two great and important truths: I. That the followers of Christ are not necessarily His friends or true disciples. In the multitudes who accompanied Jesus out of...

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• Mark 10:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Mark 10:13 . And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. They thought them too little, too insignificant, and that the Ma...

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• Mark 10:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 10:2 . The pharisees came and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? This was a net artfully spread, to entangle the Saviour's feet. Had he said no, they would have accused h...

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• Mark 10:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Master, we would that Thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shalt desire. Christ’s last journey to Jerusalem I. Self-seeking. It is a plausible maxim of this world which says: “Every man for h...

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• Mark 10:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 10:1 Instead of the words, into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan , the passage, by a change of reading from διὰ τοῦ to καὶ. He will run thus: into the...

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• Mark 10:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Christ's gentle reprimand:

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• Mark 10:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 11:16 ; John 17:2 ; John 17:24 ; Matthew 20:23 ; Matthew 25:34

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• Mark 10:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Save to them for whom it is prepared — Them who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality. For these only eternal life is prepared. To these, only he will gi...

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