Mark 10:37

37 They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glorious kingdom. Let the other one sit at your left hand."

Mark 10:37 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:37

They said unto him
By their mother, or seconding her motion:

grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other
on thy left hand, in thy glory;
or glorious kingdom, which they expected would be quickly set up; and which they might conclude from his having lately promised to all the twelve, that when he should sit on his throne, they should sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; and from his having just now mentioned his rising from the dead, which they might understand of some revival, or breaking forth of this glorious state; (See Gill on Matthew 20:21).

Mark 10:37 In-Context

35 James and John came to Jesus. They were the sons of Zebedee. "Teacher," they said, "we would like to ask a favor of you."

36 "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.

37 They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glorious kingdom. Let the other one sit at your left hand."

38 "You don't know what you're asking for," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup of suffering I drink? Or can you go through the baptism of suffering I must go through?"

39 "We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink. And you will go through the baptism I go through.