They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
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They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
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They sayd to him: graut vnto vs that we maye sitte one on thy right honde and the other on thy lyfte honde in thy glory.
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And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.
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- Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:19 Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
- Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Mark 16:19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Luke 24:26 Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
- Matthew 25:31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
- Mark 8:38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”
- 1 Peter 1:11 searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that…
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
Ver. 37. {See Trapp on "Mat 20:21"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But to sit on my right hand and on…
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 and who were ordained to such happiness as it follows:
but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared; that is, of his Father as is expressed in Mat 20:23 which is not to be understood as excluding these two persons but as including all others with them for whom the kingdom was prepared before the foundation of the world: the Ethiopic version therefore wrongly renders the words "but to sit on my right hand and on my left, I do not give to you, it is prepared for other": the Jew (g) very badly concludes from hence against the deity of Christ and his unity with the Father he not having power to do this; whereas Christ does not say he had no power to give this honour, but only describes the persons to whom he should give it; and these being persons for whom it, is prepared by his Father instead of destroying, proves their unity.
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(g) R. Isaac, Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 20. p. 409.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 37. In thy glory.] In the kingdom of…
Verse 37. In thy glory.] In the kingdom of thy glory-three MSS. Which kingdom they expected to be established on earth.
And be baptized] OR, be baptized. Instead of και and η or, is the reading of BCDL, five others, Coptic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Vulgate, all the Itala, and Origen. See Clarke on Mt 20:22.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 37. that we may sit] The mention of Thrones…
37. that we may sit] The mention of Thrones (Mat_19:28), as in reversion for the Twelve at the coming of their Master in glory, may have suggested the idea to the aspiring Three. This session on the right hand and on the left was a Jewish form of expression for being next to the king in honour.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:37 The brothers’ request indicates that James and John…
10:37 The brothers’ request indicates that James and John correctly understood that Jesus was the Messiah (see 8:29; 9:2-8). However, they completely misunderstood what it meant to be a leader in God’s Kingdom (10:41-45).
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