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But Jesus answered, "You don`t 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."
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The Cup and the Crown
Commentators explain that when Jesus asks if the disciples can drink his "cup" and share his "baptism," he is using powerful metaphors for suffering. The "cup" represents a divine portion of affliction, while the "baptism" signifies being overwhelmed by trials. Jesus redirects their focus from the glory of the crown to the cost of the cross, teaching that true greatness in His kingdom involves sharing in His suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ye know not what ye ask. You do not know the nature of your request, nor what would be involved in it. You suppose that it would be attend…
Ye know not what ye ask (ουκ οιδατε τ αιτεισθε). How often that is true. Αιτεισθε is indirect middle voice, "ask for yourselves," …
19th Century
Anglican
You do not know what you ask — The words come to us as spoken in a tone of infinite tenderness and sadness. That nearness to Him i…
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Baptist
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Jesus’ answer is not severe but mingles firmness with probing. It is often ignorance that seeks leadership, power, and glory; the brothers do not n…
16th Century
Protestant
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Jesus answered, and said To her two sons,
you know not what you ask. They …
The sons of Zebedee misused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some people cannot receive comforts without turning them to a wrong purpose.…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
