ISB ~ Mark 10 v38

drink the chalice:A reference to Jesus’ forthcoming suffering (10:45; 14:36).

• The OT uses this image to depict the misery that God compels the unfaithful to drink (Ps 75:8; Is 51:17; Jer 25:15). Although Jesus is innocent and pure, he consumes the cup that was filled for sinners. with the baptism: Symbolic for immersion in trial and suffering. James and John will share in Jesus’ cup and baptism as they encounter persecution in the early Church. The NT recounts the martyrdom of James in Acts 12:2 and the exile of John in Rev 1:9.