They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

and they said to him, 'Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'

"Allow us," they replied, "to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left hand, in your glory."

And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

And they said, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your glory."

"Grant us this," they answered, "to sit, one on your right, and the other on your left, when you come in glory."

In thy glory - In the kingdom of thy glory - three MSS. Which kingdom they expected to be established on earth.
And be baptized - Or, be baptized. Instead of και and η or, is the reading of BCDL, five others, Coptic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Vulgate, all the Itala, and Origen. See the note on Matthew 20:22.

They said unto him,.... By their mother, or seconding her motion:
grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory; or glorious kingdom, which they expected would be quickly set up; and which they might conclude from his having lately promised to all the twelve, that when he should sit on his throne, they should sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; and from his having just now mentioned his rising from the dead, which they might understand of some revival, or breaking forth of this glorious state; See Gill on Matthew 20:21.

Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory--that is,Assign to us the two places of highest honor in the coming kingdom. The semblance of a plea for so presumptuous a request might possibly have been drawn from the fact that one of the two usually leaned on the breast of Jesus, or sat next Him at meals, while the other was one of the favored three.