-
Verse Matthew 20:21. _GRANT THAT THESE MY TWO SONS_] James and John.
See Mark 15:40. In the preceding chapter, Matthew 19:28, our Lord had
promised his disciples, that they should sit on _twelve thro...
-
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;...
-
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...
-
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.'...
-
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...
-
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
-
GRANT. Bid, as in Matthew 4:3. or Matthew 23:3 ("bid").
THE LEFT. [Thy] left....
-
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...
-
_may sit, the one on thy right hand_ Cp. for the thought ch. Matthew
19:28....
-
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...
-
ΕἸΠῈ ἽΝΑ ΚΑΘΊΣΩΣΙΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. Cp. for the thought
ch. Matthew 19:28, for the construction ch. Matthew 1:22....
-
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...
-
_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...
-
ΤΊ "что"
ΕΊΠΈ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить.
_Aor. imper._ указывает на специфическое
действие,
ΚΑΘΊΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΚΑΘΊΖΩ (G2523)
заставить сесть, усадить. _Conj._ с ΊΝ
(G2...
-
THEN CAME TO HIM, &C.— Our Saviour's predictions respecting his
sufferings were either not understood by his disciples, or at least
they apprehended that, whatever difficulties lay in the way, those
s...
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
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...
-
The right hand was the first place of honour, the left the second: cp.
the saying of Rabbi Acha, 'The Holy and Blessed God will cause King
Messiah to sit at his right hand, and Abraham at his left.'...
-
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...
-
THE ONE ON THY RIGHT HAND. — The favour which had already been
bestowed might, in some degree, seem to warrant the petition. John was
known emphatically as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23;...
-
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...
-
εἰπὲ ἵνα : _vide_ on Matthew 4:3. καθίσωσιν, etc. =
let them have the first places in the kingdom, sitting on Thy right
and left hand respectively. After ἐκ δεξιῶν, ἐξ
εὐωνύμων, μερῶν is understood =...
-
_The two sons of Zebedee_ (Mark 10:35-45)....
-
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...
-
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...
-
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,...
-
"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 that these...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
_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...
-
21._In the kingdom. _It was worthy of commendation in the _sons of
Zebedee_, that they expected some _kingdom _of Christ, of which not
even the slightest trace was then visible. They see Christ expose...
-
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...
-
AND HE SAID UNTO HER, WHAT WILT THOU?.... Mark says, "he said unto
them"; her two sons, James and John, "what would you that I should do
for you?" Both is true; what is this singular favour? what busi...
-
And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
the left, in thy kingdom.
Ver. 21. _What wilt thou?_] We ma...
-
_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...
-
SIT-ON THY RIGHT HAND; be thy chief officers.
IN THY KINGDOM; thinking it would be an earthly kingdom. Parents often
manifest much pride and ignorance in seeking worldly distinctions for
their childr...
-
THE REQUESTS OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE....
-
And He said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto Him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and the other on
the left, in Thy kingdom.
The two sons of Zebedee, James and...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Ver. 20,21. Mark saith, MARK 10:35, _And James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest
do for us whatsoever we shall desire. And he said, What would...
-
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " "Why, then, sir," I said, "do
all these trees bear fruit, and some of them fairer than the rest?
"Listen," he said: "all who once suffered for the name of the Lor...
-
Matthew 20:21 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) her G846 What G5101 wish
G2309 (G5719) said G3004 ...
-
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...
-
‘And he said to her, ‘What is your wish?' She says to him,
‘Command that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and
one on your left hand, in your kingly rule.” '
When Jesus indicates His...
-
Matthew 20:21. ONE ON THY RIGHT HAND, AND ONE ON THY LEFT HAND IN THY
KINGDOM. The highest places of honor, implying special authority also,
as is indicated by the answer (Matthew 20:25). The request...
-
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...
-
KINGDOM
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
-
Matthew 20:21
_(with Luke 9:38)_
These are two examples of intercessory prayer. All the principles on
which we explain or defend prayer, as the communing in Christ's spirit
of submission, refer also...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
PROMISE THAT THESE TWO SONS OF MINE. Mark tells us they asked a favor
before they told what it was. They ask through their mother, Note they
still looked for him to be an earthly King, even though he...
-
_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...
-
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:21 THAT THESE TWO SONS OF MINE ARE TO
SIT. Salome’s petition was likely inspired by Jesus’ remarks in
Matthew 19:28, where he had announced t
-
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...
-
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...
-
_And He said unto her_, &c. Christ wisely refuses the general
petition, and would have her express it particularly, lest she should
be asking for something foolish and unworthy, which He foresaw she
w...
-
_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:...
-
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...
-
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...
-
1 Kings 2:19; 1 Kings 3:5; Acts 1:6; Colossians 3:1; Esther 5:3;...
-
Grant [ε ι π ε]. Lit., speak; i e., with authority. Compare
"command these stones," Matthew 4:3; "bid you," Matthew 23:3. Rev.,
command....
-
In thy kingdom — Still they expected a temporal kingdom....