but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
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but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
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but to sit on my right honde and on my lyfte honde ys not myne to geve but to them for whom it is prepared.
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But to sit at my right hand, and at my left, is not mine to giue, but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared.
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Passages linked to Mark 10:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 20:23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
- Matthew 25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- John 17:24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- John 17:2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
- Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But so shall it not be among you,.... Or…
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", Mat 20:26, be
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your minister. This was just the reverse of what the two disciples were seeking for; they were indeed for being ministers but then they were for being prime ministers of state; and would have had all the rest subject to them and attendants on them to be sent out and employed as they should think fit: whereas the only way to preferment and greatness in Christ's kingdom, or rather Gospel church state, is to labour, in the work, of the ministry more abundantly than others; to take great pains and endure great hardships in order to bring great glory to God, and do great good to the souls of men; See Gill on Mat 20:26.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Save to them for whom it is prepared -…
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 give it in that day; and to every man his own reward, according to his own labour.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 40. Is not mine to give] See Clarke…
Verse 40. Is not mine to give] See Clarke on Mt 20:23.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 40. but it shall be given] This is not…
40. but it shall be given] This is not a very happy interpolation. The verse really runs thus: But to sit on My right hand and on My left hand is not mine to give except to those for whom it is prepared. To “give” here denotes to give, as of mere favour; to lavish out of caprice, as in kingdoms of the world. “The throne,” says one of old, “is the prize of toils, not a grace granted to ambition.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (40) But it shall be given to them.—Better, omitting…
(40) But it shall be given to them.—Better, omitting the interpolated words, is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared. Our Lord disclaims, not the power to give, but that of giving arbitrarily, otherwise than His Father willed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But to sit on my right hand or on…
But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared. The Arians gathered from this that our Lord was not of one substance with the Father. But this arose from a misunderstanding of the words. For the antithesis is not here between Christ and the Father; but between James and John on the one side ambitiously seeking the pre-eminence, and those on the ether side to whom it ought of right to be given. St. Jerome wisely says, "Our Lord does not say, "Ye shall not sit," lest he should put to shame these two. Neither does he say, "Ye shall sit," lest the others should be envious. But by holding out the prize to all, he animates all to contend for it." Our Lord is also careful to point out that he who humbles himself shall be exalted. But Christ is the Giver, not indeed by way of favor to any one who asks, but according to the eternal and unalterable principles laid down by the Father. That Christ is the Giver is plain from St. Luke. (Luk_22:29) "I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me."
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:40 Whatever James and John would experience, Jesus did…
10:40 Whatever James and John would experience, Jesus did not have the authority to grant their request. Only God the Father could (see also 13:32).
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