Matthew 20:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. ”

Matthew 20:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 10:35-45 . Matthew 20:20 Then came to him give mother of Zebedee’s children ... - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40 ; Mark 16:1 . With her sons - The names of these...
Matthew 20:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. (5) The manner of the heavenly kingdom is quite contrary to the earthly k...
Matthew 20:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Request of the Sons of Zebedee. The Christian Standard of Greatness ( Mark 10:35-45 *, Luke 22:24-27 ). Mt. makes the mother of James and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to...
Matthew 20:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

came. With her sons. Mark 10:35 "came [with their mother]". the mother. Salome. Compare Matthew 27:56 with Mark 15:40 . Zebedee's. See note on Matthew 4:21 . children . sons. App-10...
Matthew 20:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 . Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children. This narrative contains a bright mirror of human vanity; for it shows that proper and holy zeal is often accompanied by amb...
Matthew 20:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him , and desiring a certain thing of him. The mother of Zebedee's children - This was Salome.
Matthew 20:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then came to him, &c.— Our Saviour's predictions respecting his sufferings were either not understood by his disciples, or at least they apprehended that, whatever difficulties lay in the way,...
Matthew 20:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32-45 .
Matthew 20:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Labourers in the Vineyard. The Journey to Jerusalem 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, an...
Matthew 20:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children. — The state of feeling described in the previous Note supplies the only explanation of a request so strange. The mother of James and John (we find...
Matthew 20:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17-34 - Matthew 21:1-17 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17-34 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the co...
Matthew 20:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Serving Nobler than Self-Seeking Matthew 20:17-28 For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21 , He dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23 , He...
Matthew 20:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was n...
Matthew 20:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her 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...
Matthew 20:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE REFORM OF THE IDLER ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6-7 This parable is one of the most difficult in the...
Matthew 20:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children ,.... Whose name was Salome, as may be concluded from Matthew 27:56 compared with Mark 15:40 . She is not called the wife of Zebedee, who might b...
Matthew 20:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him , and desiring a certain thing of him. Ver. 20. Then came to him, &c. ] Then, most unseasonably, when Christ...
Matthew 20:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children Instigated, it seems, by them. See Mark 10:35 . With her sons James and John; worshipping him That is, falling down before him; and desiring...
Matthew 20:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his viney...
Matthew 20:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ambition Corrected. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain t...
Matthew 20:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 20:21 " .
Matthew 20:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those Who Follow Jesus Are Not To Be Self-seeking But Selflessly Seeking To Serve All, In The Same Way As He As The Servant Is Doing Among Them, Something Especially Revealed In His Giving Of His Li...
Matthew 20:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 20:17 . Jesus going up to Jerusalem. —The narrative is not continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16-17 we may probably place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan...
Matthew 20:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 20:20-23 (with Mark 10:35-40 ) I. Comparing St. Matthew's and St. Mark's accounts, we see that it was the mother and sons together who made the request. It is a homely human picture of...
Matthew 20:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 20:1-2 . For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labour...
Matthew 20:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:1 . A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the cust...
Matthew 20:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons. Nearest to Christ Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left hand as not being within His province,...
Matthew 20:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 20:1-40 Parable of the labourers in the vineyard . (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Matthew 20:1 For . The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm...
Matthew 20:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping Him, and desiring a certain thing of Him.
Matthew 20:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 10:35 ; Mark 15:40 ; Matthew 14:33 ; Matthew 15:25 ; Matthew 2:11 ; Matthew 27:56 ; Matthew 28:17 ; Matthew 4:21 ; Matthew 8:2
Matthew 20:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children — Considering what he had been just speaking, was ever any thing more unreasonable? Perhaps Zebedee himself was dead, or was not a follower of Chri...

Matthew 20:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 20:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 20:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 20:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 20:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 20:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 20:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 20:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 20:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes