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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Matthew 20:22

The chalice. It is a metaphor signifying Christ's sufferings and death. See Psalm x. 7. and lxxiv. 9. Isaias li. 17. The apostles replied, we can drink thy cup. Their answer shewed their readiness, but want of humility. (Witham)

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MATTHEW 20:22 pi,nein. {A} The clause h' to. ba,ptisma … baptisqh/nai, which is absent from important early witnesses representing several types of text (a D L Z Q ¦13 al...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Matthew 20:22. _YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK._] How strange is the infatuation, in some _parents_, which leads them to desire _worldly_ or _ecclesiastical_ honours for their children! He must be muc...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See also Mark 10:35. Matthew 20:20 THEN CAME TO HIM GIVE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE’S CHILDREN ... - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The Healing of the Two Blind Men. CHAPTER 20 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2. The Third Prediction of His Death an...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REQUEST OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE. THE CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF GREATNESS (Mark 10:35 *, Luke 22:24). Mt. makes the mother of James and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to her. For Mk.'...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    At that time the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons, kneeling before him, and asking something from him. He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to him, "Speak the word that these...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    YE. Ye two. know not. have no idea. Greek. _oida._ App-132. ASK. ask for. App-134. THE CUP. Which would be at His right hand.. symbol of participation. Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 49:12.Ezekiel 23:3

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Salome's Prayer for her sons, and the Answer of Jesus Mark 10:35-41. St Mark begins "And James and John the sons of Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c." For once St Matthew is more graphic and true to...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Ye know not_ Observe, Jesus addresses the sons, not the mother. _what ye ask_ There is some force in the middle voice of the original, "ask for yourselves," or "cause to be asked." _the cup that I s...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    SALOME’S PRAYER FOR HER SONS, AND THE ANSWER OF JESUS Mark 10:35-45. St Mark begins ‘And James and John the sons of Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c.’ For once St Matthew is more graphic and true to...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Omit καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι after πίνειν, and καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε after πίεσθε (Matthew 20:23) with אBDLZ and Origen. The words are genuine in Mark. 2...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 20. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21. And he said unto her, "What wilt thou?" She saith unto him, "Grant th...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE MATTHEW 20:20-28:_ On at least three occasions there was a discussion among the apostles concerning greatness in the kingdom. (Matthew 18:1-4; Ma...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 20:13. ΟΪΔΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492), def. perf. со _знач._ настоящего: "знать" ΑΊΤΕΪ́ΣΘΕPRAES. _ind. med. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить; _me...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK— "You are ignorant of the nature of the honour that you are asking: however, since you desire to partake with me in my glory, I would know if you be willing to share with me in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Section 52 JESUS REFUSES TO ESTABLISH HIERARCHY (Parallel: Mark 10:35-45) TEXT: 20:20-28 20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping _him,_ and asking a certain...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    20:22 drink? (a-21) Mark 10:38-39 adds, 'or be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?' and the same in ver. 23....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, and ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AMBITION OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE (Mark 10:35). The special promise to Peter (Matthew 16:18) had aroused the jealousy of the other two most intimate disciples, who now came to claim the two most pro...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK] The mere fact that you ask for such a thing, shows that you are at present worthy not of the highest but of the lowest place in the kingdom: see Matthew 20:16; Matthew 20:26....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16 V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out early one mo...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK. — The words come to us as spoken in a tone of infinite tenderness and sadness. That nearness to Him in His glory could be obtained only by an equal nearness in suffering. Had...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passage...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Jesus meets this bold petition as He met the scribe's offer of discipleship (Matthew 8:19), aiming at disenchantment by pointing out what it involved: throne and suffering going together. τὸ ποτήριον,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The two sons of Zebedee_ (Mark 10:35-45)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SERVING NOBLER THAN SELF-SEEKING Matthew 20:17-28 For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21, He dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23, He told how t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was now...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to (d) drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the (e) baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are abl...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_ ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6 This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A MOTHER’S PRAYER_ ‘Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and the other on the left, in Thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to d...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE CUP IN SERVICE_ Are ye able to drink of the cup …? They say unto Him, We are able.’ Matthew 20:22 It is a grand answer. Both these disciples are accepted. There is no promise given of crown or...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    22._You know not what you ask. _Their ignorance was worthy of blame on two accounts; first, because their ambition led them to desire more than was proper; and, secondly, because, instead of the heave...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He s...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID,.... To her two sons, YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK. They were ignorant of the nature of Christ's kingdom, which is spiritual, and not of this world: or they would never have a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children_ Instigated, it seems, by them. See Mark 10:35. _With her sons_ James and John; _worshipping him_ That is, falling down before him; _and desiring a c...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    YE KNOW NOT; they did not understand the nature of his kingdom, and what they must do and suffer to be first in it. THE CUP-THE BAPTISM; the cup is that of suffering; Matthew 26:39, etc. The baptism...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The answer of Jesus:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK. ARE YE ABLE TO DRINK OF THE CUP THAT I SHALL DRINK OF, AND TO BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM THAT I AM BAPTIZED WITH? THEY SAY UNTO HIM, WE ARE ABLE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful am...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Mark hath the same, MARK 10:38,39. Our Saviour gently reproves them for their unadvised petition, and again minds them, that he was first to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, and that by much...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Martyrdom of Polycarp or sacrifice, and prepared to be an acceptable burnt-offering unto God, looked up to heaven, and said, "O Lord God Almighty, the Father of thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Chris...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 20:22 But G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) not G3756 know G1492 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS ARE NOT TO BE SELF-SEEKING BUT SELFLESSLY SEEKING TO SERVE ALL, IN THE SAME WAY AS HE AS THE SERVANT IS DOING AMONG THEM, SOMETHING ESPECIALLY REVEALED IN HIS GIVING OF HIS LIFE...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They say to him, “We are able.” Jesus then turns to the two young men who a...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 20:22. YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK. Addressed to James and John, who had prompted their mother. The request could scarcely have been occasioned by jealousy of Peter. Had he been appointed ‘primate...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. The final journey to Jerusalem begins. The approach of His death calls for a third prediction to the Twelve, more specific in its details. The _crucifixion_ is mentioned only in Matthew's...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    YE KNOW NOT WHAT YE ASK (ουκ οιδατε τ αιτεισθε). How often that is true. Αιτεισθε is indirect middle voice, "ask for yourselves," "a selfish request."WE ARE ABLE (δυναμεθα). Amazing proof of thei...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    CUP See (Matthew 26:39); (Matthew 27:46); (Luke 22:41); (Luke 22:42); ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:22 Law and Prayer. To think that nothing can be too good for their children is an amiable weakness few mothers can resist. Salome had heard Christ discourse of a kingdom which He was about...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:22 Even these great Apostles whom, from the ardent glow of their impetuous love, our Lord calls "Sons of Thunder," were, before the descent of the Holy Ghost, deceived in two ways. (1) They...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:20 _(with Mark 10:35)_ I. Comparing St. Matthew's and St. Mark's accounts, we see that it was the mother and sons together who made the request. It is a homely human picture of ambition he...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John. Healing of the two blind men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR. In less than a month they would see two criminals at the right and left of his Cross (Matthew 27:38). CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP? That is: Can you share the sufferin...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons._ NEAREST TO CHRIST Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left hand as not being within His province, but...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:22 YOU. The plural pronoun indicates that Jesus addressed the mother and the brothers directly. The CUP in Scripture is symbolic of what God has determined will happen (comp...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS TEACHES ABOUT SERVING OTHERS MATTHEW 20:20-28; MARK 10:35-45; MATTHEW 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [_him_], and desiring a certain thing of...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 20 _The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:17. JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM.—The narrative is not continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16 we may probably place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan” (John 10:...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 20:1 _Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) MATTHEW 20:1 FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm at the end of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    James 4:3; Jeremiah 25:15; John 18:11; Luke 12:50; Luke 22:42;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ye know not what is implied in being advanced in my kingdom, and necessarily prerequired thereto. All who share in my kingdom must first share in my sufferings. Are you able and willing to do this? Bo...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    As if Christ had said, "You do but abuse yourselves with fond and idle dreams; there is other work cut out for you in the purpose of God, than sitting upon thrones and tribunals; to think of suffering...

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