Mark 10:35

A Request by James and John

35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him [and] said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

Mark 10:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:35

And James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him,
&c.] Along with their mother, who was their mouth, and spoke for them, and they by her:

saying, master, we would that thou shouldst do for us whatsoever we
shall desire:
that is, we earnestly desire, that whereas we have a favour to ask of thee, that thou wouldst not deny us it, be it what it will; (See Gill on Matthew 20:20).

Mark 10:35 In-Context

33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles.

34 And they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill [him], and after three days he will rise."

35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him [and] said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

36 And he said to them, "What do you want that I do for you?"

37 So they said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit one at your right hand and one at [your] left in your glory."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the participle ("said") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style