Mǎkĕfúyīn 10:43

43 Zhǐshì zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , bú shì zhèyàng . nǐmen zhōngjiān , shuí yuàn wéi dà , jiù bì zuò nǐmen de yòng rén .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 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).

Mǎkĕfúyīn 10:43 In-Context

41 Nà shí ge méntǔ tīngjian , jiù nǎonù Yǎgè , Yuēhàn .

42 Yēsū jiào tāmen lái , duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen zhīdào , waìbāngrén yǒu zūn wèi jūnwáng de , zhìlǐ tāmen . yǒu dàchén cāo quán guǎnshù tāmen .

43 Zhǐshì zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , bú shì zhèyàng . nǐmen zhōngjiān , shuí yuàn wéi dà , jiù bì zuò nǐmen de yòng rén .

44 Zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , shuí yuàn wéi shǒu , jiù bì zuò zhòngrén de púrén .

45 Yīnwei Rénzǐ lái , bìng bú shì yào shòu rén de fúshì , nǎi shì yào fúshì rén , bìngqiĕ yào shĕmìng , zuò duō rén de shújià .