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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The disciples, still having human thoughts, were arguing among themselves about which of them was greater and more honored by Christ.
Western Saints
Jerome
Where it is to be observed, that the disciples disputed by the way concerning the chief place, but Christ Himself sat down to teach humility; for princes toil while the humble repose.
Bede
And they came to Capernaum. When they were in the house, he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" But they kept silent. For they had been disputing among themselves on the way about who was the greatest. The disciples' dispute seems to have arisen about primacy because they had seen Peter, James, and John taken apart onto a mountain, and it was believed that some secret had been entrusted to them there. …
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