Mark 10:41
in Mark 10When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning James and John.
KJV
And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
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This verse in Mark 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe disciples, still reasoning in a human manner, fell into envy, and therefore they are indignant at the two apostles. However, when? When they saw that the request of the latter was not accepted by the Lord but rejected, then they began to be indignant. …
This site's exposition
much displeased with James and John
on Mark 10:41-42
Much displeased with James and John shows the other ten no better than the brothers, envy rather than principle driving their anger, since the same ambition that moved James and John was evidently alive in all twelve. Jesus called them to him and names the Gentile pattern by contrast, they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority upon them, the ordinary politics of empire built on power exercised downward. The bench reads the naming of Gentile rulers as deliberate, since Rome's own client kings and governors were the visible model of greatness every disciple in that room had grown up watching.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So these discovered their own ambition, in their displeasure at the ambition of James and John; and Christ took this occasion to warn them against it, and all their successors in the ministry of the gospel,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
on Mark 10:35-45
Let us mark in this passage, the ignorance of our Lord's disciples . We find James and John petitioning for the first places in the kingdom of glory. We find them confidently declaring their ability to drink of their Master's cup and be baptized with their Master's baptism. In spite of all the plain warnings of our Lord, they clung obstinately to the belief that Christ's kingdom on earth was immediately going to appear. Notwithstanding their many shortcomings in Christ's service, they had no misgivings as to their power to endure any thing which might come upon them.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
10 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀκούσαντες | akousantes | having heard [this] | G191 → | 425 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δέκα | deka | ten | G1176 → | |
| ἤρξαντο | erxanto | began | G757 → | 85 times |
| ἀγανακτεῖν | aganaktein | to be indignant | G23 → | 7 times |
| περὶ | peri | about | G4012 → | 332 times |
| Ἰακώβου | iakobou | James | G2385 → | 42 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Ἰωάννου.¶ | ioannou | John. | G2491 → | 134 times |
ΚαὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀκούσαντεςhaving heard [this]
akousantesG191 →425 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
δέκαten
dekaG1176 →
ἤρξαντοbegan
erxantoG757 →85 times
ἀγανακτεῖνto be indignant
aganakteinG23 →7 times
περὶabout
periG4012 →332 times
ἸακώβουJames
iakobouG2385 →42 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
Ἰωάννου.¶John.
ioannouG2491 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
it leads to
- Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
- Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
- Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
- Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- 1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Romans 12:10
Through
Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
it leads to
- Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- John 13:34–35
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1
Continue in brotherly love.
- Philippians 2:3
Where this verse is studied
About Mark
This page draws on J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.