...confer on them the chief posts in his kingdom ; / which they expressed by desiring to be seated, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in allusion to his placing the twelve apostles upon twelve thrones, judging the tribes of Israel. But...

...words to James and John explain it, when they through their mother requested to be allowed to sit, the one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom. " Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with...

...with her two sons, and preferring on their behalf a strange petition. She asks that they " may sit, one on His right hand, and the other on His left in His kingdom." She seems to have forgotten all He had just been saying about His suffering. Her eager mind can think...

...prayer. The mother of Zebedee's children did so, when she asked the Lord that her two sons might sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom, Matt. xx. 20, 21. Who does not mark the self that appears in this petition ? And although it was a...

...Matt. xx. 20-23, and Mark x. 35-40, it is the request of the sons of Zebedee, that " they may sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom," which gives rise to the questions, "Can ye drink of the cup that I shall drink of? Can ye be baptized...

...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 arc put in mind how often the fondness of parents renders them the spiritual murderers...

...she required ; and it then came out to be nothing less than this : that her two sons should sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom, — evidently meaning, in the grand Messianic kingdom He was about to establish. The purport was that...

...a vessel of honour for His use. This was the spirit of James and John when they wished to sit, the one on His right hand and the other on His left in His kingdom. Had it not been driven out of them, and a more noble and self-oblivious spirit implanted, they would...

...and who, on another occasion, consented to their mother's ambitious request that they might sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom. This is surely a lesson that men are not to be jndged by individual failings. It is the whole purpose...

...avenge a fancied insult to their Lord—these are the very disciples who ask, " that they may sit, the one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom." Now, the reason of all this plain disclosure of worldly feelings is, that they knew they were honest...