Translation of "лестный" to English language:
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Это, возможно, не имеет в виду самый лестный смысл, а, скорее, указывает на чересчур ревностное, и даже чрезмерно амбициозное расположение двух братьев, | James and John, held a prominent position among the Apostles, and Jesus gave them the nickname Boanerges, which is said to mean sons of thunder. This perhaps is not meant in an entirely flattering sense, but rather indicates the overly zealous, and even overly ambitious disposition displayed by the 2 brothers |