Ye shall drink (πιεσθε). Future middle from πινω. Christ's cup was martyrdom. James was the first of the Twelve to meet the martyr…

Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, etc. You are truly attached to me, you will follow me, and you will share in my afflictions, and will suf…

It is not mine to give — The words in italics are, of course, not in the Greek, and they spoil the true construction of the senten…

This showed that they were exactly like them. "For," said they, "look at these two — these James and John — they want to have the preference over u…

St. Jerome: The Lord, having concluded by saying, And shall rise again the third day, the woman thought that after H…

Jesus answers them first on their own terms before speaking of his own death as a ransom (v.28). In a sense they can and will drink from his cup of…

You shall indeed drink my cup. As they were disciples, it was proper that they should be assimilated to their Master. Christ warns them of…

And he says to them, you shall drink indeed of my cup
Not of the selfsame, but of what was like to it; meaning, that…

The sons of Zebedee misused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some people cannot receive comforts without turning them to a wrong purpose.…

In the preceding section, the Lord refuted those who attempted to obtain glory because of a long period of time; here, He refutes the one who attem…