New English Translation
Mark 10:41
41Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.
Mark 10:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
- New International Version (NIV)When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John.
Context of Mark 10:41
39They said to him, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience, 40but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John. 42Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. 43But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
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Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωάννου.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Mark 10:41
- Mark 9:33Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
- Proverbs 13:10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
- Matthew 20:24Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.
- Luke 22:24A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
- Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
- Philippians 2:3Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
- James 4:5Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
Commentaries on Mark 10:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41When the ten heard it - See Matthew 20:24-28.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35-45Verses 35-45 See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28. Mark 10:35 And James and John came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-45Verses 32-45 Christ's going on with his undertaking for the salvation of mankind, was, is, and will be, the wonder of all his disciples. Worldly honour is a glittering thing, with which the eyes of Christ's own disciples have many times been dazzled. Our care must be, that we may have wisdom and grace to know how to suffer with him; and we may trust him to provide what the degrees of our glory shall be. Christ shows them that dominion was generally abused…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41the ten … became indignant: Perhaps they wanted the special places requested by James and John for themselves. All of the disciples needed a new understanding of what leadership in God’s kingdom means (10:42–45).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John--or "were moved with indignation," as the same word is rendered in Mt 20:24. The expression "began to be," which is of frequent occurrence in the Gospels, means that more passed than is expressed, and that we have but the result. And can we blame the ten for the indignation which they felt? Yet there was probably a spice of the old spirit of rivalry in it, which in spite…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 10
- 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
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