Mark 10:38

But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

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WEBBE

But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?”

BSB

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

KJV

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

ASV

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

BBE

But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

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Ὁ Ho (the) G3588 δὲ de And G1161 Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 εἶπεν eipen said G2036 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 οὐκ ouk Not G3756 οἴδατε oidate you know G6063 τί ti what G5101 αἰτεῖσθε aiteisthe you ask G154 δύνασθε dunasthe Are you able G1410 πιεῖν piein to drink G4095 τὸ to the G3588 ποτήριον potērion cup G4221 ὃ ho which G3739 ἐγὼ egō I myself G1473 πίνω pinō drink G4095 ἢ ē or G2228 τὸ to the G3588 βάπτισμα baptisma baptism G908 ὃ ho which G3739 ἐγὼ egō I myself G1473 βαπτίζομαι baptizomai am baptized G907 βαπτισθῆναι; baptisthēnai to be baptized [with] G907

The early church

(ubi sup.) Then the Lord both according to Mark, and to Matthew, answered them rather than their mother. For it goes on, But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) Or else, they know not what they ask, who seek from the Lord a seat of glory, which they do not yet merit.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
It will not be as ye think, that I am to reign as a temporal king in Jerusalem, but all these things, that is, these which belong to My kingdom, are beyond your understanding; for to sit on My right hand is so great a thing that it surpasses the Angelic orders. But by the cup and baptism, He means the cross; the cup, that is, as being a potion by Him sweetly received, but baptism as the cause of the cleansing of our sins.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 in the world. If Jesus would gratify all our desires, it would soon appear that we desire fame or authority, and are unwilling to taste of his cup, or to have his baptism; and should often be ruined by having our prayers answered. But he loves us, and will only give his people what is good for them.

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