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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But Jesus said unto them,.... Not by granting them what they desired, but by observing their ignorance to them; ye know not what ye ask: for sometimes good men are ignorant petitioners at the throne of grace; they are under the influence of their own spirits, and not the Spirit of God; they are prompted to ask things from a selfish principle, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: Has the Lord ever said to us, when we have been praying, “Ye know not what ye ask”? I suppose that is usually true in a certain sense; we do not fully understand the compass of the most of our prayers, and sometimes we ask so unadvisedly that we prove that we know not what we are asking....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they said unto him we can,.... That is, drink of Christ's cup and be baptized with his baptism which is another instance of their ignorance; for as they knew not the glorious state of things and the nature of it they desired places in so they were unacquainted with themselves; they were ignorant of their own weakness as well as of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 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. They are not content, you see, with being ambitious themselves: they would fire...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they said unto him, We can. They knew not what they said, but they felt that such was the strength of their love, that they could share anything that had to do with Christ! His throne! Yes, they would like to sit at the right hand of it. His cup! Yes, they can drink of it. Immersion into his suffering! Yes, they can endure that baptism....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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, the gift of these was not to be settled now it being done already: and though he had a power to give yet only to them who were given him of his Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. Why were they displeased? Because they were of the same spirit as James and John. As they were displeased with James and John, it is evident...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the ten heard it,.... The request made by the sons of Zebedee or their mother for them: they began to be much displeased with James and John; Matthew says "they were moved with indignation against them", Matthew 20:24; they were filled with, wrath and were very angry with them; which they showed in their countenances and by their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: However, how sad the contrast is — the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But Jesus called them to him,.... Who were at some little distance from him, though so nigh, that he could discern the heat and passion they were in, and knowing that they had the same ambitious views with the two brethren: and saith unto them, to check their pride and vanity and reprove them for their ambitious desires of superiority and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But so shall it not be among you,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish: but whosoever will be great among you shall be, as in Matthew "let him", Matthew 20:26, be your minister. This was just the reverse of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: Your servant.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest,.... Is desirous of the highest place and the greatest honour shall be servant of all: for the ministers of the Gospel are not only the servants of Christ Jesus, but also of the churches for his sake; and in serving them, they serve Christ: not that they are to be the servants of men and to take their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. And that is the way to be truly great in the Church of God. It is to be less and less in your own esteem, and willing to be nothing. The way up is downward That is not a contradiction, but it is a paradox. Sink, and you shall rise. Be willing to serve the very least, and you shall...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For even the son of man,.... That is, Christ himself; a name by which he frequently goes both in the Old and New Testament to the arguments before produced, Christ adds his own example, to teach his disciples humility and lowliness of mind and to check their ambitious views and desires: came not to be ministered unto: not but that he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they came to Jericho,.... Christ and his disciples, from the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan, in their way to Jerusalem; where Christ met with Zaccheus and converted him, and after some short stay at his house, departed thence; and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples, and a great number of people: which followed him out of that city,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. If he could not see, he could hear, and he made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, — That is all that the crowd called him “Jesus of Nazareth —