Advanced Commentary

Texts -- Mark 8:1-27 (NET)

Context
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
8:1 In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat . So Jesus called his disciples and said to them , 8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd , because they have already been here with me three days , and they have nothing to eat . 8:3 If I send them home hungry , they will faint on the way , and some of them have come from a great distance .” 8:4 His disciples answered him , “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people ?” 8:5 He asked them , “How many loaves do you have ?” They replied , “Seven .” 8:6 Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground . After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks , he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve . So they served the crowd . 8:7 They also had a few small fish . After giving thanks for these , he told them to serve these as well. 8:8 Everyone ate and was satisfied , and they picked up the broken pieces left over , seven baskets full. 8:9 There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them . 8:10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha .
The Demand for a Sign
8:11 Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus , asking for a sign from heaven to test him . 8:12 Sighing deeply in his spirit he said , “Why does this generation look for a sign ? I tell you the truth , no sign will be given to this generation .” 8:13 Then he left them , got back into the boat , and went to the other side .
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
8:14 Now they had forgotten to take bread , except for one loaf they had with them in the boat . 8:15 And Jesus ordered them , “Watch out ! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod !” 8:16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread . 8:17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them , “Why are you arguing about having no bread ? Do you still not see or understand ? Have your hearts been hardened ? 8:18 Though you have eyes , don’t you see ? And though you have ears , can’t you hear ? Don’t you remember ? 8:19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand , how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up ?” They replied , “Twelve .” 8:20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand , how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up ?” They replied , “Seven .” 8:21 Then he said to them , “Do you still not understand ?”
A Two-stage Healing
8:22 Then they came to Bethsaida . They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him . 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village . Then he spit on his eyes , placed his hands on his eyes and asked , “Do you see anything ?” 8:24 Regaining his sight he said , “I see people , but they look like trees walking .” 8:25 Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again . And he opened his eyes , his sight was restored , and he saw everything clearly . 8:26 Jesus sent him home , saying , “Do not even go into the village .”
Peter’s Confession
8:27 Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi . On the way he asked his disciples , “Who do people say that I am?”

Pericope

NET

Bible Dictionary

  • Philip

    [ebd] lover of horses. (1.) One of the twelve apostles; a native of Bethsaida, "the city of Andrew and Peter" (John 1:44). He readily responded to the call of Jesus when first addressed to him (43), and forthwith brought Nathanael...

  • Peter

    [ebd] originally called Simon (=Simeon ,i.e., "hearing"), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger brother called Andrew, who ...

  • PALESTINE, 3

    [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...

  • Miracles

    [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...

  • Miracle

    [ebd] an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple volition of God, operating without the use of means capable of being discerned by the senses, and designed to authenticate the divine commiss...

  • MAGDALA

    [ebd] a tower, a town in Galilee, mentioned only in Matt. 15:39. In the parallel passage in Mark 8:10 this place is called Dalmanutha. It was the birthplace of Mary called the Magdalen, or Mary Magdalene. It was on the west shore ...
    [smith] (a tower). The chief MSS. and versions exhibit the name as MAGADAN, as in the Revised Version. Into the limits of Magadan Christ came by boat, over the Lake of Gennesareth after his miracle of feeding the four thousand on the...

  • MAGADAN

    [isbe] MAGADAN - mag'-a-dan, ma-ga'-dan (Magadan; the reading of the Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Magdala (the King James Version), but Magdala is unsupported): This name appears only in Mt 15:39. In the parallel passage, ...

  • LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST)

    [isbe] LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) - u'-ka-rist GENERAL || I. DEFINITION II. NEW TESTAMENT SOURCES 1. Textual Considerations 2. Narratives Compared (1) Mark (2) Matthew (3) Pauline (4) Luke 3. Other Pauline Data III. PREPARATION FO...

  • LEAVEN

    [ebd] (1.) Heb. seor (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; Lev. 2:11), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid. (2.) Heb. hamets, properly "ferment." In Num. 6:3, "vinegar of wine" is more correctly "fer...
    [isbe] LEAVEN - lev'-n (se'or, chamets; zume; Latin fermentum): The nomadic ancestors of the Hebrews, like the Bedouin of today, probably made their bread without leaven; but leaven came to play a great part in their bread-making, ...

  • Jesus, The Christ

    [nave] JESUS, THE CHRIST. Index of Sub-topics History of; Miscellaneous Facts Concerning; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Ascension of; Atonement by; Attributes of; Compassion of; Confessing; Creator; Death of; Design of His...

  • JESUS CHRIST, 4C2

    [isbe] JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 - Second Period--After the Mission of the Twelve till the Departure from Galilee I. From the Death of the Baptist till the Discourse on Bread of Life. 1. The Murder of the Baptist and Herod's Alarms: (Matth...

  • Herod Philip II.

    [ebd] the son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem. He was "tetrarch" of Batanea, Iturea, Trachonitis, and Auranitis. He rebuilt the city of Caesarea Philippi, calling it by his own name to distinguish it from the Caesare...

  • HERODIANS

    [ebd] a Jewish political party who sympathized with (Mark 3:6; 12:13; Matt, 22:16; Luke 20:20) the Herodian rulers in their general policy of government, and in the social customs which they introduced from Rome. They were at one ...
    [isbe] HERODIANS - he-ro'-di-anz (Herodianoi): A party twice mentioned in the Gospels (Mt 22:16 parallel Mk 12:13; 3:6) as acting with the Pharisees in opposition to Jesus. They were not a religious sect, but, as the name implies, ...

  • Gaulanitis

    [ebd] a name derived from "Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of Manasseh (Josh. 20:8; 21:27; Deut. 4:43). This was one of the provinces ruled by Herod Antipas. It lay to the east of the Lake of Galilee, a...

  • Caesara Philippi

    [ebd] a city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem, and 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, at the "upper source" of the Jordan, and near the base of Mount Hermon. It is mentioned in Matt...

  • CLEAR; CLEARNESS

    [isbe] CLEAR; CLEARNESS - kler, kler'-nes (bar; diablepo): Equivalent of several Hebrew and Greek words for bright, unclouded, shining without obstruction, distinct, brilliant; "clearer than the noon-day" (Job 11:17): "clear as the...

  • CAESAREA

    [isbe] CAESAREA - ses-a-re'-a, se-za-re'-a (Kaisareia): (1) Caesarea Palestina (pal-es-ti'na). The ancient name in the Arabic form Qaisariyeh still clings to the ruins on the sea shore, about 30 miles North of Jaffa. It was built b...

  • Blindness

    [isbe] BLINDNESS - blind'-ness (`awar, and variants; tuphlos): The word blind is used as a verb, as Jn 12:40, usually in the sense of obscuring spiritual perception. In reference to physical blindness it is used as a noun frequentl...
    [nave] BLINDNESS Disqualified for priestly office, Lev. 21:18. Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice, Lev. 22:22; Deut. 15:21; Mal. 1:8. Miraculously inflicted upon the Sodomites, Gen. 19:11; Syrians, 2 Kin. 6:18-23; Saul of T...

  • BASKET

    [isbe] BASKET - bas'-ket: Four kinds of "baskets" come to view in the Old Testament under the Hebrew names, dudh, Tene', cal and kelubh. There is little, however, in these names, or in the narratives where they are found, to indica...

  • Antipas

    [ebd] (1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord's life on earth (Luke 23:7). He was a frivolous and vain prince, and was ...

Arts

Questions

Sermon Illustrations

Who Is Jesus Christ?; General; Influences of Culture

Resources/Books

Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Mark 1-9
  • Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him.'--Mark 1:41.BEHOLD the servant of the Lord' might be the motto of this Gospel, and He went about doing good and healing' the summing up of its facts. We have in it comparatively few ...
  • And when Jesus knew it, He saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18. Having eyes, see ye not? having ears, hear ye not? and do ye n...
  • Do ye not remember?'--Mark 8:18.THE disciples had misunderstood our Lord's warning against the leaven of the Pharisees,' which they supposed to have been occasioned by their neglect to bring with them bread. Their blunder was...
  • And Jesus cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. 23. And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on his eyes. and put His hands up...
  • Asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some [say], Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter...
Back to Commentary Page
Display Bible



Universal Search:

NET Only
Exact Search
Commentary
Study Dictionary
Word Study
Lexicon
Study Maps System
Sermon Illustrations
Expository
Arts
Resource
Daily Bible Reading
Training Video
Classic NET Bible
iPhone NET Bible
Mobile Bible
TIP #31: Get rid of popup ... just cross over its boundary. [ALL]
created in 0.08 seconds
powered by
bible.org - YLSA