Mark 10:37

37 οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ · Δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς σου ἐκ δεξιῶν ⸃ καὶ εἷς ἐξ ἀριστερῶν καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου.

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 Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες αὐτῷ · Διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμέν σε ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν.

36 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς · Τί θέλετε ποιήσω ὑμῖν;

37 οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ · Δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς σου ἐκ δεξιῶν ⸃ καὶ εἷς ἐξ ἀριστερῶν καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου.

38 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς · Οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε · δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, ἢ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι;

39 οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ · Δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς · Τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε,