Strange how people misunderstood Jesus. James and John wanted glory and wanted to sit at Jesus' right hand when He was glorified. What they thought was that He would become a King in the literal fashion and that they would be officials in His court. Thier fellow disciples were jealous as they wanted their place too!
But that's not what Jesus meant. And the disciples got as they wished. Every one, except John, would be matyred in very painful ways. But by that time, they understood what it meant to be glorified.
It is a picture of leadership. Not to be served, but to serve. To descend into greatness and not rise to it. That is the mystery of it all.
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