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32 They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, 33 saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles.

Mark 10:30

-(v.32) There was this paradoxical fear about Jesus going on. Folks essentially did not know what to do with him. Notice those that followed him were both Amazed and Fearful. What does that mean to be both Amazed and Fearful at the same time?

-(v.33-34) Jesus took the twelve aside and gave them more revelation. Look what he told them

Mark 10:33–34 NASB95

33 saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles. 34 “They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again.”

-We are going together but I am not coming back with you

-I am going to be brandished as a traitor, and will become the Enemy of the Ruling Class of Jews.

-I going to be convicted of a crime

-That sentence is going to Death

-I will be mocked, spit on, scourge and kill

-But “Three Days Later He will rise again”

Did you notice the Audacity of James and John?

Do you have a problem with their statement to Jesus?

(v.36) Jesus tells them to ask their question “What do you want me to do for you?”

(v.37) “Grant that we may sit, one on Your Right and one on your left, in your glory”.........WOW

Tell me what you think about this request that they made to Jesus??

Do you think this question was audacious?

Where do you think this question came from?

Mark 9:

Mark 9:30–35 NASB95

30 From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. 31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” 32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. 33 They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

(v.30-31) This pronouncement from Jesus happened more than once, but the disciples were so hard of hearing that they didn’t hear him telling them that he must die. They were so focus on what they had given up to follow him that they could not understand his clear revelation that he was going to leave them.

(v.32) Notice this verse.....What is so hard about what Jesus just said.

Acts 1:1

Acts 1:1–7 NASB95

1 The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. 4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;

(v.6) Look at the Disciples question to Jesus

(v.7) Look at Jesus response to them

(v.33) Jesus ask them what they were discussing on the road trip to Capernaum

(v.34) They Kept Silent

Why do you think they did not tell him what they were discussing?

Now Mark was written by John Mark who was a contemporary of Peter. He followed the disciples around. But in this case he was probably told this story by Peter as he was writing this gospel.

Peter told him man we were arguing about who the greatest would be when Jesus got into our business.

(v.35) What does Jesus reponse reflect about what he understood they were talking about?

So that lets you know when Jesus ask them what they were talking about he was looking for more than just knowledge of their conversation he was looking for humility.

Mark 9:37 NASB95

37 “Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

Mark 10:37 NASB95

37 They said to Him, “Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.”

mark 9:38

We have another problem lets take a look at Matthews Gospel

matthew 20:

Matthew 20:20–21 NASB95

20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him. 21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

(v.20) look at what Matthew says about this story.......matthew says that James and John mother asks Jesus to give her sons positions of power.

This is different from Matthews Gospel:

Can someone iron out this apparent contradictions?

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