Matthew 20:22

Matthew 20:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to Him, “We are able.”

Context of Matthew 20:22

20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something. 21“What do you want?” he asked her. “Promise,” she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” “We are able,” they said to him. 23He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” 24When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.

Matthew 20:22 word by word

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Ye knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• ye askαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• Are ye ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• of the cupποτήριονpotērion · cupG4221
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• shallμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• to be baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• with the baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• They sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Matthew 20:22

• Mark 10:38Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
• Romans 8:26In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
• James 4:3You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
• Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
• Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars.Selah
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.
• Mark 14:36And he said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.”
• Luke 22:42“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me — nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
• John 18:11At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword away! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?”
• Mark 10:39“We are able,” they told him. Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.
• Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!
• Matthew 26:35“Even if I have to die with you,” Peter told him, “I will never deny you,” and all the disciples said the same thing.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Commentaries on Matthew 20:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Ye know not what ye ask - How strange is the infatuation, in some parents, which leads them to desire worldly or ecclesiastical honors for their children! He must be much in love with the cross who wishes to have his child a minister of the Gospel; for, if he be such as God approves of in the work, his life will be a life of toil and suffering; he will be obliged to sip, at least, if not to drink largely, of the cup of Christ. We know not what we ask…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 See also Mark 10:35-45. Matthew 20:20 Then came to him give mother of Zebedee‘s children … - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1. With her sons - The names of these sons were James and John, Mark 10:35 Mark says they came and made the request. That is, they made it, as appears from Matthew, through the medium of their mother; they requested her to ask it for them. It is not improbable that she was an ambitious woman, and was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 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 ambition to outdo others in pomp and grandeur. To put down the vanity and ambition of their request, Christ leads them to the thoughts of their sufferings. It is a bitter cup that is to be drunk of; a cup of trembling, but not the cup of the wicked. It is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The cup refers to the duty duty, calling, and destiny of Jesus (see Matthew 26:39; John 18:11; also Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17, 22; Revelation 16:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 20:22

• Apostles
• Civil Service
• Cup
• Influence
• James
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Minister, Christian
• Persecution
• Politics

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Agree
• Choose
• Condemn
• Drink
• Idle
• James
• John
• Prepare

Commentaries on Matthew 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings