James and John ask Jesus to grant them a favor and he asks what it is and they ask to be his left and right hand men. Jesus asks whether they can drink the cup he is to drink and be baptized with the baptism he has to undergo. They reply that they can and Jesus acknowledges that they will, but advises them that the right to sit by Jesus in his glory is "for those for whom it is prepared". The apostles seem to think that great earthly glory awaits them but Jesus foreshadows his crucifixion and the two criminals that will be on each side of him. He says in verse 40 that such things, sitting at his side for instance, is not for him to grant, a verse the Arians used in their debates on the nature of Jesus (Brown et al. 618). Jesus reminds them that their goal is not power but service: