Mat 20:20-21 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 20. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children , etc. This was probably Salome, . With her sons . The names of these were James and John, . Mark says they came and made the request. That is, they made it through the medium of their mother; they requested her to ask it for them. It is not improbable that she was an ambitious woman, and was desirous to see her sons honoured. Worshipping him . Showing him respect; respectfully saluting him. In the original, kneeling . . (n) "Then came"

Matthew 20:20-21

Verse 20. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, etc. This was probably Salome, Mk 15:40, 16:1.

With her sons. The names of these were James and John, Mk 10:35. Mark says they came and made the request. That is, they made it through the medium of their mother; they requested her to ask it for them. It is not improbable that she was an ambitious woman, and was desirous to see her sons honoured.

Worshipping him. Showing him respect; respectfully saluting him. In the original, kneeling. Mt 8:2.

(n) "Then came" Mk 10:35 Verse 21. Grant that these my two sons may sit, etc. They were still looking for a temporal kingdom. They expected that he would reign on the earth with great pomp and glory. They expected that he would conquer as a prince and a warrior. They wished to be distinguished in the day of his triumph. To sit on the right and left hand of a prince was a token of confidence, and the highest honour granted to his friends, 1Kgs 2:19, Ps 110:1, 1Sam 20:25. The disciples here had no reference to the kingdom of heaven, but only to the kingdom which they supposed he was about to set up on the earth.