“When the ten
Heard this,
They began
To be angry
With James
And John.”
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωάνου.
There is something similar to this in Matthew, chapter 20:24, but slightly different. There was a little dissention here. Mark said that when the ten other leaders or apostles heard (Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα) about this situation of the sons of Zebedee, they began to be angry, incensed, or indignant (ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν) with these two brothers, James and John (περὶ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωάνου). Why did they want to be prominent? What about them? Were not all the apostles equal? What made these two so important?
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