Mark 10:40 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁰But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

Mark 10:40 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Matthew 20:23
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 32-45)

Here is, I. Christ’s prediction of his own sufferings; this string he harped much upon, though in the ears of his disciples it sounded very harsh and unpleasing. 1. See here how bold he was; when they were going up to Jerusalem, Jesus went before them, as the captain of our salvation, that was now to be made perfect through sufferings, Mark 10:32. Thus he showed himself forward to go on with his u…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 40)

40. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand in not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared--“of My Father” (Mt 20:23). The supplement which our translators have inserted is approved by some good interpreters, and the proper sense of the word rendered “but” is certainly in favor of it. But besides that it makes the statement too elliptical--leaving too many words…