Marcos 10:40

40 mas o sentar-se � minha direita, ou � minha esquerda, não me pertence concedê-lo; mas isso é para aqueles a quem está reservado.

Marcos 10:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:40

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 ( Matthew 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 ^F7 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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FOOTNOTES:

F7 R. Isaac, Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 20. p. 409.

Marcos 10:40 In-Context

38 Mas Jesus lhes disse: Não sabeis o que pedis; podeis beber o cálice que eu bebo, e ser batizados no batismo em que eu sou batizado?

39 E lhe responderam: Podemos. Mas Jesus lhes disse: O cálice que eu bebo, haveis de bebê-lo, e no batismo em que eu sou batizado, haveis de ser batizados;

40 mas o sentar-se � minha direita, ou � minha esquerda, não me pertence concedê-lo; mas isso é para aqueles a quem está reservado.

41 E ouvindo isso os dez, começaram a indignar-se contra Tiago e João.

42 Então Jesus chamou-os para junto de si e lhes disse: Sabeis que os que são reconhecidos como governadores dos gentios, deles se assenhoreiam, e que sobre eles os seus grandes exercem autoridade.