Mark 10:41

41 And when the .x. hearde that they bega to disdayne at Iames and Iohn.

Mark 10:41 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:41

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 behaviour towards them as well as by words: the Syriac and Arabic versions, render it, "they began to murmur against them"; they highly resented it and were ready to break out into an open quarrel upon it; (See Gill on Matthew 20:24).

Mark 10:41 In-Context

39 And they sayde vnto him: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of and be baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised in:

40 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.

41 And when the .x. hearde that they bega to disdayne at Iames and Iohn.

42 But Iesus called the vnto him and sayde to them: ye knowe that they which seme to beare rule amonge the gentyls raygne as lordes over the. And they that be greate amoge them exercyse auctorite over them.

43 So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister.