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In Mark 10:35-45, the apostles James and John ask to sit at the right hand and left hand of Jesus in heaven, for which Jesus rebuked the brothers, known as the 'sons of thunder'.
A fuller explanation may be found by examining the context in Mark's Gospel. Reference to James and John as 'sons of thunder' comes quite early, when Jesus is only selecting the twelve. Shortly afterwards, we find that Jesus rebukes the wind and calms the storm (4:36-41). This is an apparently unrelated event, until we see that it is linked (pair K) through the framework, parallel structure of Mark's Gospel to his rebuke of James and John for talking of sitting on the right and left hand of an enthroned Jesus in heaven:
A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)
B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)
C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)
D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)
E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)
F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)
G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)
H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.
-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)
I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)
J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)
K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)
L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)
M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up
N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)
O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority
P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)
Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)
R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)
S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)
T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)
U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)
V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)
W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)
X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.
B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)
C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)
D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)
E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)
F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)
G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)
H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)
I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)
J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)
K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)
L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)
M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die
N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)
O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority
P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)
Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)
X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)
-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking
R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)
S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)
T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)
U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)
V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)
-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes
W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)
A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)
Mark uses the storm in event K (4:36-41) to remind us, by association, that the two disciples are 'sons of thunder'. By making the remarkable request in event K', the brothers James and John would have been compared to another pair of brothers, the Dioscuri, sons of Zeus 'the Thunderer'. Castor and Polydeuces, the sons of Zeus, asked him for immortality and are depicted iconographically as on the right and left of an enthroned deity, just as James and John asked to sit at the right and left of Jesus. Of course, by comparing James and John to Castor and Polydeuces, the author of Mark was also comparing Jesus to Zeus, the greatest of the Greek gods.
What else can I help you with?
What was the name of the disciple on jesus left side?
There is no disciple sitting on Jesus left hand side or on the right hand side.
Who is the sixth disciple to the left of Jesus that looks like a woman?
Mary Magdalene is the woman to Jesus's right.
Who sits in the center of the table in the painting the last supper?
John, the Beloved Disciple, sits to the right of Jesus in The Last Supper.
Where is Jesus's house?
well right now he lives in heaven
Was James standing at the cross with jesus?
None of the New Testament gospels mentions James standing at the cross with Jesus. In fact, the synoptic gospels quite clearly say that none of the disciples was there. On the other hand, John's Gospel says that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" was at the foot of the cross, but does not identify this disciple. If John's Gospel is right, this could have been James, although Christian tradition says that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" was the disciple John.
Which two disciple had their mother ask Jesus for the right to the throne of the kingdom?
The two disciples were John and his brother James. Actually they did not ask for the right to the throne, but rather to sit on the left and right of Jesus when He took the throne.
Is Jesus Christ now in heaven or hell?
According to Christian belief, Jesus is in Heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father. Hell was prepared for the Devil and his angels.
Which tv presenter is Jesus?
None. Jesus is the Son of God who is currently in Heaven at the right hand of the Father.
Is there a conversation in heaven between Jesus and God?
I think so. Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God.
What is the ground Jesus stands on?
Jesus stands now in heaven at the right hand of God, and also within the hearts of his believers.
What was Jesus doing when He rose into heaven?
Ten days after Jesus ascended heavenward, the outpouring of holy spirit on the day of Pentecost provided evidence that he was, in fact, in heaven. And additional evidence of that was forthcoming. Just before the disciple Stephen was stoned for his faithful witnessing, he exclaimed: "Look! I see the heavens opened up and the Son of man standing at God's right hand."-Acts 7:5, Jesus is no longer sitting at his Father's right hand waiting. He is ruling as King, and soon he will eliminate all his enemies. (Hebrews 10:12, 13)
Did John fall with Mary to the right of the cross facing Jesus on Calvary?
There is nothing in scripture that says anything about this. The only reference to John with Mary the mother of Jesus at the cross was Jesus' plea to John. Jesus, dying on the cross, turned to John (the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' i.e. his best friend) to ask him to look after Mary as he would his own mother. It would have been the duty of Jesus, being the oldest son of Mary, to provide for her in this way in Jewish law. Similarly he asked Mary to accept John as her new 'son' who would look after her. We are told that from that moment John took Mary into his own home.
