Mark 10:43

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

Mark 10:43 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:43

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 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 Matthew 20:26).

Mark 10:43 In-Context

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.

44 And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all.

45 For eve the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.