...slept. — Matt. xxv. 5. When the mother of Zebedne's children asked of Christ, that her sons might sit, one on his right hand, and the other on his left in his kingdom, &c. The ten heard it ; they were moved with indignation against the two brethren, &c! — Matt. xx....

...Zebedee's children came to him with her sons, desiring that he should grant that they might sit the one on his right' hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom, and that the men when they heard it were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But what...

...heaven, even as the mother of Zebedee's children came and besought that her two sons might sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom ? Like them, they knew not what they asked; they were desiring a high blessing, awful in its height;...

...straitened until it be accomplished ?" And when two of His disciples desired of Him that they might sit, the one on His right hand, and the other on His left, in His kingdom, He said to them — ';Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of,...

...errour, the mother of James and John had been impelled to ask (Matth. xx. 21), that they should sit one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom. And he then uttered the injunction above quoted, in order to quell these ambitious thoughts ; adding,...

...the disciples James and John ascribed to our Lord, when they begged of Him that they might sit, the one on His right hand and the other on His left, in His kingdom. That is, because they seemed to be more intimate and familiar with Him than His other Disciples, they...

...the carnal Jews concerning the Messias, presented to him a request that her two sons might sit, the one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom. By this example we are put in mind how often the fondness of parents renders them the spiritual murderers...

...with a vehement desire of pre-eminence above their colleagueain the ministry : they wanted to " sit, one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom." Our Lord gave them to understand, that they, who were called to be his disciples and apostles, were called to do his work,...

...dictation, here. There is nothing of the Spirit of the two disciples who prayed that they might sit, the one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom ; but there is the deep humility which is always characteristic of genuine repentance. The humility...

...heaven, even as the mother of Zebedee's children came and besought that her two sons might sit, the one on His right hand, and the other on His left, in His kingdom ? And like them, they knew not what they asked : they were desiring a high blessing, awful in its height;...