Mark 1:1--12:44
beginning <746> [beginning.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
<5207> [son.]
it is written <1125> [written.]
in <1722> [in.]
Several MSS. have, "by Isaiah the prophet." See the parallel texts.
Look <2400> [Behold.]
<1096> [did.]
for <1519> [for. or, unto. remission.]
were going out <1607> [there.]
he was baptizing <907> [baptized.]
as ... confessed <1843> [confessing.]
wore a garment <1746> [clothed.]
ate <2068> [eat.]
baptize ...... he will baptize <907> [have.]
baptize ...... he will baptize <846 907> [he shall.]
Jesus <2424> [that.]
was coming up <305> [coming.]
splitting apart <4977> [opened. or, cloven. or rent.]
Spirit <4151> [the Spirit.]
came <1096> [there.]
You <4771> [Thou.]
Spirit <4151> [the Spirit.]
drove <1544> [driveth.]
Or, "sendeth him forth," [ekballo <\\See definition 1544\\> auton.] The expression does not necessarily imply any violence; but seems to intimate the energy of that impulse on our Lord, by which he was inwardly constrained to retire from society.
forty <5062> [forty.]
enduring temptations <3985> [tempted.]
He ............ He ...... and angels <2532 32> [and the.]
after <3326> [A.M. 4031. A.D. 27. after.]
proclaimed <2784> [preaching.]
time <2540> [The time.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
Repent <3340> [repent.]
believe <4100> [believe.]
<4043> [as he.]
Simon .... Simon's <4613> [Simon.]
fishers <231> [fishers.]
left <863> [forsook.]
James <2385> [James.]
left <863> [they left.]
they went <1531> [they went.]
Capernaum <2584> [Capernaum.]
Capernaum was a city of Galilee, (Lu 4:31,) situated on the confines of Zebulun, and Naphtali, (Mt 4:13,) on the western border of the lake of Tiberias, (Joh 6:59,) and in the land of Gennesaret, (ch. 6:53; Mt 14:34,) where Josephus places a spring of excellent water called Capernaum. Dr. Lightfoot places it between Tiberias and Tarichea, about two miles from the former; and Dr. Richardson, in passing through the plain of Gennesaret, was told by the natives that the ruins of Capernaum were quite near. The Arab station and ruins mentioned by Mr. Buckingham, said to have been formerly called Capharnaoom, situated on the edge of the lake from nine to twelve miles N. N. E. of Tiberias, bearing the name of Talhewn, or as Burckhardt writes it, Tel Houm, appear too far north for its site.
went <1525> [he entered.]
were amazed <1605> [they were.]
like ....... like ... experts in the law <5613 1122> [as the.]
a man <444> [a man.]
<1436> [Let.]
Holy One <40> [the Holy One.]
rebuked <2008> [rebuked.]
After throwing ... into convulsions <4682> [torn.]
They were ... amazed <2284> [they were.]
<3754> [for.]
they entered <2064> [entered.]
mother-in-law <3994> [wife's.]
they spoke <3004> [they tell.]
by ... taking <2902> [and took.]
she began to serve <1247> [ministered.]
was evening <1096 3798> [at even.]
So ........... and ...... But he would ... permit <2532 863> [and suffered.]
to speak because <3754 2980> [speak, because they. or, say that they.]
Everyone <3956> [All.]
Let ... go <71> [Let.]
For <1063> [for.]
preaching <2784> [preached.]
Galilee <1056> [Galilee.]
Galilee was a province of Palestine, being bounded, says Josephus, on the west by Ptolemais and mount Carmel; on the south by the country of Samaria and Scythopolis, on the river Jordan; on the east by the cantons of Hyppos, Gadara, and Gaulon; and on the north by the confines of the Tyrians. It was divided into Lower and Upper Galilee;--Upper Galilee, so called from its being mountainous, was termed Galilee of the Gentiles (Mt 4:15,) because inhabited, says Strabo, by Egyptians, Arabians, and Phoenicians, and comprehended the tribes of Asher and Naphtali; the Lower Galilee contained the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar, and was sometimes termed the Great Field. It was, says Josephus, very populous and rich, containing 204 cities and towns.
So ............ and casting out <2532 1544> [and cast.]
came <2064> [there.]
a leper <3015> [a leper.]
fell to ... knees <1120> [kneeling.]
If you are willing <1437 2309> [if thou.]
Moved with compassion <4697> [moved.]
I am willing <2309> [I.]
<2112> [immediately.]
show <1166> [shew.]
for .... as a testimony <4012 1519 3142> [for a testimony.]
he began <756> [and began.]
able <1410> [could.]
returned <3825> [again.]
Now ........... news spread <2532 191> [and it.]
<2112> [straightway.]
So ................ and he preached <2532 2980> [and he.]
bringing <5342> [bringing.]
they removed <648> [they uncovered.]
saw <1492> [saw.]
he said <3004> [he said.]
Son <5043> [Son.]
The Jews believed that not only death but all disease was the consequence of sin. "There is no death without sin, nor any chastisement without iniquity;" and that "no diseased person could be healed of his disease till his sins were blotted out." Our Lord, therefore, as usual, appeals to their received opinions, and asserts his high dignity, by first forgiving the sins, and then healing the body of the paralytic.
sins <266> [sins.]
turning <2532 1260> [and reasoning.]
does .... speak <2980> [speak.]
Why ........... Who <5101> [who.]
Jesus <2424> [when.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
<2076> [is it.]
sins <266> [Thy sins.]
<5620> [insomuch.]
glorified <1392> [glorified.]
We have never seen <1492 3763> [We never.]
by <3844> [by.]
The whole ...... and <2532 3956> [and all.]
he saw <1492> [he saw.]
Alphaeus <256> [Alphaeus.]
tax booth <5058> [receipt of custom. or, place where the custom was received.]
Follow me ........... followed <190 3427> [Follow me.]
<5101> [How.]
tax collectors ............ tax collectors <5057> [publicans.]
are healthy <2480> [They that are whole.]
come <2064> [I came.]
disciples ................. disciples ...... disciples ........ disciples <3101> [the disciples.]
<1302> [Why.]
cannot <1410> [Can.]
bridegroom <3566> [the bridegroom.]
will be taken <522> [be taken.]
and <2532> [and.]
sews <1976> [seweth.]
of unshrunk ............... new <46 2537> [new. or, raw, or, unwrought.]
wineskins ........ skins ........ skins ............ wineskins <779> [bottles.]
his <846> [that.]
to pick <5089> [to pluck.]
why <5101> [why.]
what is <3739> [that.]
never <3763> [Have.]
what <5101> [what.]
Abiathar <8> [Abiathar.]
It appears from the passage referred to here, that Ahimelech was then high priest at Nob; and from other passages, that Abiathar was his son. Various conjectures have been formed in order to solve this difficulty; and some, instead of untying, have cut the knot, by pronouncing it an interpolation. The most probable opinion seems to be, that both father and son had two names, the father being also called Abiathar; and this appears almost certain from 2 Sa 8:17; 1 Ch 18:16, where Ahimelech seems evidently termed Abiathar, while Abiathar is called Ahimelech or Abimelech. (Compare 1 Ki 2:26, 27.)
which is against the law <3739 1832 3756> [which is not lawful.]
Jesus entered <1525> [he entered.]
a withered <3583> [withered.]
he said <3004> [he saith.]
[Stand forth. or, Arise, stand forth in the midst.]
Is it lawful <1832> [Is it.]
But <1161> [But.]
in anger <3326 3709> [with anger.]
With anger at their desperate malice and wickedness, and with commiseration for the calamities which they would thereby bring on themselves.
grieved <4818> [grieved.]
hardness <4457> [hardness. or, blindness.]
Stretch out .... He stretched ... out <1614> [Stretch.]
Pharisees <5330> [Pharisees.]
Herodians <2265> [Herodians.]
Jesus <2424> [Jesus.]
Then ........... and a great ....... And <2532 4183> [and a.]
Galilee <1056> [Galilee.]
[Idumea.]
[Edom. beyond.]
Tyre <5184> [Tyre.]
so <1223> [because.]
he had healed <2323> [he had.]
pressed toward <1968> [pressed. or, rushed. touched.]
[and many.]
unclean <169> [unclean.]
Son <5207> [the Son.]
appointed <4160> [he ordained.]
He ............... and <2532> [and.]
Simon <4613> [Simon.]
[Cephas.]
to James <2385> [James.]
he gave <2007> [he surnamed.]
Andrew <406> [Andrew.]
Philip <5376> [Philip.]
Bartholomew <918> [Bartholomew.]
Matthew <3156> [Matthew.]
[Levi.]
Thomas <2381> [Thomas.]
James <2385> [James.]
Alphaeus <256> [Alphaeus.]
Thaddaeus <2280> [Thaddaeus.]
[Judas the brother of James.]
Simon <4613> [Simon.]
Simon <4613> [Simon Zelotes. Canaanite.]
[Kananites <\\See definition 2581\\>,] so called, not from being a native of Canaan, [Chanaan <\\See definition 5477\\>,] which would have been [Chananaos,] but from the Hebrew Kana, to be zealous, whence he is called in Greek [Zelotes <\\See definition 2208\\>,] Zelotes, or the Zealot, from [Zeloo <\\See definition 2206\\>,] to be zealous.
Judas <2455> [Judas.]
<1519 3624> [into an house. or, home.]
so that <5620> [so that.]
him <846> [when.]
Some render, "And they who were with him (in the house, ver. 19,) hearing (the noise) went out to restrain, ([auton, i.e., ochlos <\\See definition 3793\\>,] the multitude,) for they said, It (the mob) is mad." This, however, is contrary to all the versions; and appears an unnatural construction.
<3844> [friends. or, kinsmen.]
out of ... mind <1839> [He is.]
<3588> [which.]
He is possessed <2192> [He hath.]
in parables <1722 3850> [in parables.]
How <4459> [How.]
But ............ but <1161 235 2076> [but is.]
Who <5101> [Who.]
<2228> [or.]
<2396> [Behold.]
does <4160> [do.]
he began <756> [he began.]
Such <5620> [so that.]
in parables ... in <1722 3850> [by parables.]
them .... in .... in his .... to them <1722 846> [in his.]
Listen <191> [Hearken.]
went out <1831> [there.]
sun <2246> [the sun.]
not .... root <3361 4491> [no root.]
fell <4098> [fell.]
a hundred times <1540> [an hundred.]
[See on ver.]
to you <5213> [Unto you.]
to them ............... to those <846 1565> [them.]
everything <3956> [all these.]
you understand ...... will you understand <1492 1097> [Know.]
sower sows <4687> [sower. See on ver.]
word <3056> [the word.]
These <3778> [these. See on ver.]
Satan <4567> [Satan.]
sown <4687> [which.]
they have <2192> [have.]
trouble <2347> [when.]
[See on ver.]
cares <3308> [the cares.]
seductiveness <539> [the deceitfulness.]
but ........ and ... desire ........... and <2532 1939> [and the lusts.]
nothing <175> [unfruitful.]
sown <4687> [which. See on ver.]
a hundred <1540> [an hundred.]
A lamp isn't <3385 3088> [Is a.]
a basket <3426> [bushel.]
"The word in the original signifieth a less measure, as Mt 5:15, marg."
Take care <991> [Take.]
<1722> [with.]
you hear <191> [hear.]
also <3779> [So.]
like <5613> [as.]
and ..... and ... and ..... and grows <2532 3373> [and grow.]
soil <1093> [the earth.]
first <4412> [first.]
crop <5528> [blade.]
is ripe <3860> [brought forth. or, ripe.]
he sends <649> [he putteth.]
like <5613> [like.]
a mustard <4615> [mustard seed.]
Mustard, [sinapi <\\See definition 4615\\>,] is a well-known plant of the tetradynamia siliquosa class, distinguished by its yellow cruciform flowers, with expanding calyx, and its pods smooth, square, and close to the stem. Its seed was probably the smallest known to the Jews; and though its ordinary height does not exceed four feet, yet a species grows to the height of from three to five cubits, with a tapering, ligneous stalk, and spreading branches.
smallest of all <3398 3956> [is less than.]
becomes ........ and <2532 1096> [and becometh.]
grows <4160> [shooteth.]
nest <2681> [lodge.]
with many <4183> [with.]
as <2531> [as.]
privately ...... his own <2398> [when.]
On that <1722 1565> [the same.]
Let's go across <1330> [Let.]
just as <5613> [even.]
developed <1096> [there arose.]
a great windstorm <2978 3173> [great storm.]
stern ... on <1909 4403> [in the.]
But ............... and <2532 1326> [and they.]
care <3199> [carest.]
he got up <1326> [he arose.]
rebuked <2008> [rebuked.]
wind ............. wind <417> [the wind.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
They were overwhelmed by fear <5399> [feared.]
Who <5101> [What.]
of ........... from <1537> [out.]
a man <444> [a man.]
Matthew gives a brief account of two demoniacs who were dispossessed on this occasion; but Mark and Luke omit the mention of one (who was perhaps not so remarkable). That these wretched men were not merely mad, as some suppose, but really possessed of evil spirits, appears clearly from the language employed, as well as from the narrative itself. Matthew expressly affirms that they were "possessed with devils," or demoniacs, [daimonizomai <\\See definition 1139\\>;] Mark says he had "an unclean spirit," i.e., a fallen spirit; and Luke asserts, that he "had devils (or demons) a long time," and was called Legion, "because many devils were entered into him." With supernatural strength the demons burst asunder the chains and fetters with which he was bound; they address Christ as the "Son of the most high God;" they beseech him to suffer them to enter into the swine; and when he had given them leave, they "went out and entered into the swine," etc.
with <1722> [with.]
to subdue <1150> [tame.]
cry out <2896> [crying.]
he ran <5143> [he ran.]
<5101> [What.]
Son <5207> [Son.]
I implore <3726> [I adjure.]
do ... torment <928> [that.]
What <5101> [What.]
Legion <3003> [Legion.]
a ... herd <34> [herd.]
gave ... permission <2010> [gave.]
herd <34> [the herd.]
demon-possessed man <1139> [him that.]
They came .... and ......... and ............ and they were afraid <2532 2064 5399> [and they.]
asked <3870> [prayed.]
Decapolis <1179> [Decapolis.]
came up <2064> [there.]
synagogue rulers <752> [rulers.]
he fell <4098> [he fell.]
asked <3870> [besought.]
lay ... hands <2007 5495> [lay thy hands.]
went <565> [went.]
and ...... and pressed around <2532 4918> [and thronged.]
<5100> [a certain.]
for twelve <1427> [twelve.]
had endured <3958> [had suffered.]
No person will wonder at this account when he considers the therapeutics of the Jewish physicians, in reference to diseases of this kind (for an account of which, see Drs. Lightfoot and Clarke). She was, therefore, a fit patient for the Great Physician.
<3367> [nothing.]
touched <680> [touched.]
<2112> [straightway.]
bleeding <4077> [fountain.]
disease <3148> [plague.]
power <1411> [virtue.]
You see <991> [Thou seest.]
woman <1135> [the woman.]
and .......... and ...... and told <2532 2036> [and told.]
Daughter <2364> [Daughter.]
your faith ............. your <4675 4102> [thy faith.]
Go <5217> [go.]
came <2064> [there came.]
Your daughter <4675 2364> [thy daughter.]
Why <5101> [why.]
teacher <1320> [the Master.]
just <3440> [only.]
did ... let <863> [he suffered.]
<1508> [save.]
he saw .... and .... and <2532 2334> [and seeth.]
is not dead <3756 599> [not dead.]
they began making fun <2606> [they.]
put .... outside <1544> [when.]
he took <3880> [he taketh.]
He took just so many as prudence required, and as were sufficient to prove the reality of the cure; to have permitted the presence of more, might have savoured of ostentation.
taking <2902> [took.]
Talitha koum <5008 2891> [Talitha cumi.]
[Talitha cumi;] which is pure Syriac, the same as in the Syriac version, the proper translation of which is given by the evangelist.
child ............. Little girl <3813 2877> [Damsel.]
ordered <1291> [he charged.]
He ........... and told <2532 2036> [and commanded.]
This was to shew that she had not only returned to life, but was also restored to perfect health; and to intimate, that though raised to life by extraordinary power, she must be continued in existence, as before, by the use of ordinary means. The advice of a heathen, on another subject, is quite applicable: {Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit.} "When the miraculous power of God is necessary, let it be resorted to; when not necessary, let the ordinary means be used." To act otherwise would be to tempt God.
to give <1325> [Given.]
Now ...... and came ..... and <2532 2064> [and came.]
he began <756> [he began.]
Where <4159> [From.]
this <3778> [this.]
carpenter <5045> [carpenter.]
of James <2385> [James.]
Judas <2455> [Juda.]
Simon <4613> [Simon.]
they took offense <4624> [offended.]
he was amazed <2296> [marvelled.]
And ......... Then he went around <2532 4013> [And he went.]
twelve <1427> [the twelve.]
and ....... two by two He <2532 1417> [two and.]
authority <1849> [power.]
take <142> [take.]
<1508> [save.]
Matthew says that they were to take "neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves;" but this precept plainly means, "Go just as you are; take no other coat, shoes, or staff than what you already have."
money <5475> [money.]
"The word signifieth a piece of brass money in value something less than a farthing. Mt 10:9: but here it is taken in general for money."
to put on <5265> [be shod.]
sandals <4547> [sandals.]
The sandal consisted only of a sole, fastened about the foot and ankle with straps.
<3745> [whosoever.]
<2071> [It shall.]
<2532 2228> [and. Gr. or. in the day.]
preached <2784> [preached.]
They cast out <1544> [cast.]
anointed <218> [anointed.]
King Herod <935 2264> [king Herod.]
name ........................... him <846 3686> [his name.]
Elijah <2076 2243> [it is Elias.]
[Elijah.]
a prophet ...... prophets <4396> [a prophet.]
Herod <2264> [A.M. 4032. A.D. 28. Herod.]
Philip's <5376> [Philip's.]
It is ... lawful <1832> [It is.]
Herodias <2266> [Herodias.]
nursed a grudge <1758> [a quarrel. or, an inward grudge.]
stood in awe <5399> [feared.]
[observed him. or, kept him, or saved him. and heard.]
a suitable <2121> [when.]
his birthday ... his <1077 846> [his birthday.]
swore <3660> [he.]
<3754> [Whatsoever.]
said ............ said <2036> [said.]
head <2776> [The head.]
hurried <3326 4710> [with haste.]
a platter <4094> [a charger.]
king <935> [the king.]
an executioner <4688> [an executioner. or, one of his guard.]
[Spekoulator <\\See definition 4688\\>,] in Latin, speculator, from speculor, to look about, spy, properly denotes a sentinel; and as these sentinels kept guard at the palaces of kings, and the residences of Roman governors, so they were employed in other offices besides guarding, and usually performed that of executioners. As, however, we learn from Josephus, that Herod was at this very time engaged in war with Aretas, king of Arabia, in consequence of Herod's having divorced his daughter in order to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and as this event occurred at an entertainment given at the castle of Machaerus, while his army was on its march against his father-in-law; we are furnished with an additional reason why a speculator, or sentinel, should have been employed as an executioner; and are thus enabled to discover such a latent and undesigned coincidence as clearly evinces the truth of the evangelical narrative.
they came <2064> [they came.]
apostles <652> [the apostles.]
Then ....... and ........ and <2532> [both.]
Come <1205> [come.]
he saw <1492> [saw.]
because <3754> [because.]
and ............... So he taught <2532 756> [and he.]
You give ..................... give <1325> [give.]
Should ... go <565> [Shall.]
silver coins <1220> [penny-worth.]
"The Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny; as Mt 18:28, marg."
hundreds <303 1540> [by hundreds.]
It is generally supposed that they were so arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand, and will reconcile this account with Luke's, who only speaks of their sitting down by fifties.
looking up <308> [looked.]
he gave thanks <2127> [blessed.]
<2112> [straightway.]
to Bethsaida <4314 966> [unto Bethsaida. or, over against Bethsaida.]
Bethsaida, according to Josephus, was situated on the sea of Gennesaret, in the lower Gaulonitis, (consequently on the east of the lake, as Pliny states,) and at the beginning of the mountainous country; and it was raised from a village to the honour of a city by Philip, and called Julias in honour of the emperor's daughter. Some learned men, however, are of opinion that the Bethsaida mentioned in the gospels was a different place; and that it was situated on the western shore of the sea of Tiberias, in Galilee, near Chorazin and Capernaum, with which it is associated, (Mt 11:21, 23. Joh 12:21;) and Bishop Pococke mentions the ruins of a town or large village in the plain of Huttin, about two miles west of the lake, still bearing the name of Baitsida, which he thinks occupies its site.
<1492> [he saw.]
ending <5067> [the fourth.]
he came <2064> [he cometh.]
he wanted <2309> [would.]
saw <1492> [they saw.]
they thought <1380> [supposed.]
It is I <1510 1473> [it is I.]
Then .......... and ... wind <2532 417> [and the.]
Then .......... and ....... completely <2532 3029> [and they.]
they did ... understand <4920> [they.]
their <846> [their.]
land <1093> [the land.]
recognized <1921> [knew.]
they would place <5087> [they laid.]
they could just touch <680> [touch.]
edge <2899> [the border.]
him .......... his ....... it <846> [him. or, it.]
Pharisees <5330> [The Pharisees.]
unclean <2839> [defiled. or, common.]
<3201> [they found.]
<4435> [oft. or, diligently. Gr. With the fist. Up to the elbow.]
Theophylact. [Pugme <\\See definition 4435\\>,] the fist; which Dr. Lightfoot illustrates by a tradition from the Talmudical tracts, that when they washed their hands, they washed the fist up to the joint of the arm, [ad perek.] The Jews laid great stress on these washings, or baptisms, [baptismos <\\See definition 909\\>,] considering eating with unwashen hands no ordinary crime, and feigning that an evil spirit, called Shibta, has a right to sit on the food of him who thus eats, and render it hurtful.
tradition <3862> [the tradition.]
<3362> [except.]
pots <3582> [pots.]
"Gr. Sextarius; about a pint and a half."
<2825> [tables. or, beds.]
correctly <2573> [Well.]
hypocrites <5273> [hypocrites.]
honors <5091> [honoureth.]
in vain <3155> [in vain.]
commandments <1778> [the commandments.]
Having no regard <863> [laying.]
tradition <3862> [the tradition.]
neatly <2573> [Full.]
You ... reject <114> [reject. or, frustrate.]
Honor <5091> [Honour.]
insults <2551> [Whoso.]
corban <2878> [It is Corban.]
Rather, "Let it be a {corban,}" a formula common among the Jews on such occasions; by which the Pharisees released a child from supporting his parents; and even deemed it sacrilege if he afterwards gave anything for their use.
word <3056> [the word.]
things <5108> [such.]
called <4341> [when.]
Then ............... and understand <2532 4920> [and understand.]
<2076> [There.]
Though it is very true, says Dr. Doddridge, that a man may bring guilt upon himself by eating to excess, and a Jew, by eating what was forbidden by the Mosaic law; yet still the pollution would arise from the wickedness of the heart, and be just proportionable to it, which is all our Lord asserts.
nothing <3762> [nothing.]
Rather <235> [but.]
from <1537> [out.]
evil <2556> [evil.]
greed evil <4124 4189> [covetousness, wickedness. Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses. an evil.]
pride <5243> [pride.]
folly <877> [foolishness.]
defile <2840> [defile.]
After <1564> [from.]
of Tyre <5184> [Tyre.]
he did ... want <2309> [and would.]
a woman <1135> [a.]
<3739> [whose.]
at <4314> [at.]
a Greek <1674> [Greek. or, Gentile.]
of Syrophoenician <4949> [a Syrophenician.]
Let <863> [Let.]
but <2532> [yet.]
went <565> [she was.]
found <2147> [she found.]
from <1537> [from.]
Decapolis <1179> [Decapolis.]
After ... took ... aside ... away <618> [he took.]
he put <906> [put.]
This was clearly a symbolical action; for these remedies evidently could not, by their natural efficacy, avail to produce so wonderful an effect. As the ears of the deaf appear closed, he applies his fingers to intimate that he would open them; and as the tongue of the dumb seems to be tied, or to cleave to the palate, he touches it, to intimate he would give loose and free motion to it. He accommodated himself to the weakness of those who might not indeed doubt his power, but fancy some external sign was requisite to healing. It was also thus made manifest, that this salutiferous power came from Himself, and that He who by one word, [ephphatha <\\See definition 2188\\>,] had healed the man, must be Divine.
looked up <308> [looking.]
with a sigh <4727> [he sighed.]
Ephphatha <2188> [Ephphatha.]
Be opened <1272> [Be opened.]
completely <5249> [were.]
He has done .... He even makes <4160> [He hath.]
He has done .... He even makes <4160> [he maketh.]
I have compassion <4697> [compassion.]
and they have <2532 2192> [and have.]
Where <4159> [From.]
How many <4214> [How.]
to sit down <377> [to sit.]
gave thanks <2168> [gave thanks.]
small fish <2485> [fishes.]
After giving thanks <2127> [he blessed.]
and was satisfied and <2532 5526> [and were.]
This was another incontestable miracle--four thousand men, besides women and children, (Mt 15:28,) fed with seven loaves (or rather cakes) and a few small fishes! Here there must have been a manifest creation of substance--for, they all ate, and were filled.
they picked up <142> [they took.]
<2112> [straightway.]
of Dalmanutha <1148> [Dalmanutha.]
Dalmanutha is supposed to have been a town east of the sea of Gennesaret, in the district of Magdala, and not far from the city of that name.
Pharisees <5330> [Pharisees.]
asking <2212> [seeking.]
to test <3985> [tempting.]
Sighing deeply <389> [he sighed.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
no <1487> [There.]
they had forgotten <1950> [had forgotten.]
ordered <1291> [he charged.]
Watch out <3708> [Take.]
of ... yeast .... Pharisees .... yeast <575 2219 5330> [the leaven of the.]
of Herod <2264> [of Herod.]
learned <1097> [knew.]
Do you ... not see <3539> [perceive.]
you see <991> [see.]
you remember <3421> [do.]
five <4002> [the five.]
<4459> [How.]
Bethsaida <966> [Bethsaida.]
They brought <5342> [they bring.]
to ............. to touch <1519 2443 680> [to touch.]
hand ................. hands <5495> [by the.]
outside <1854> [out.]
spit <4429> [spit.]
I see <991> [I see.]
And .......... and he saw <2532 1689> [and saw.]
not even <3366> [Neither.]
villages <2968> [the towns.]
Then ... and ........... On <2532 1722> [and by.]
John <2491> [John.]
Elijah <2243> [Elias.]
[Elijah.]
But <1161> [But.]
You <4771> [Thou.]
began <756> [he began.]
be rejected <593> [rejected.]
Then ................ and ......... and ...... and .... and after <2532 3326> [and after.]
openly <3954> [openly.]
Peter <4074> [Peter.]
after turning <1994> [turned.]
he rebuked <2008> [he rebuked.]
Get <5217> [Get.]
You are ... setting <5426> [savourest.]
called <4341> [called.]
<3748> [Whosoever.]
take up <142> [take.]
follow <190> [follow.]
wants to save ................... will save <2309 4982> [will save.]
For ................ for ... sake <1063 1752> [for.]
what <5101> [what.]
benefit <5623> [profit.]
is ashamed ................. will ... be ashamed <1870> [ashamed.]
adulterous <3428> [adulterous.]
Son <5207> [the Son.]
when <3752> [when.]
will ... experience <1089> [taste.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
later <3326> [after.]
Peter <4074> [Peter.]
high <5308> [an high.]
he was transfigured <3339> [transfigured.]
his clothes <846 2440> [his raiment.]
more <3029> [exceeding.]
<3756> [no.]
appeared <3700> [appeared.]
Elijah <2243> [Elias.]
Moses was the founder of the Jewish polity, and Elias the most zealous reformer and prophet of the Jewish church; and their presence implied that the ministry of Christ was attested by the law and the prophets.
[Elijah. Moses.]
<2076> [it is.]
a cloud .......... cloud <3507> [a cloud.]
This <3778> [This.]
Listen <191> [hear.]
he gave ... orders <1291> [he charged.]
<1508> [till.]
They kept <2902> [they.]
what <5101> [what.]
restores <600> [restoreth.]
must suffer <3958> [he must.]
be despised <1847> [set.]
Elijah <2243> [Elias.]
and they did <2532 4160> [and they.]
came <2064> [when.]
experts in the law <1122> [the scribes.]
they were amazed <1568> [were.]
What <5101> [What.]
[with them. or, among yourselves.]
I brought <5342> [I.]
mute <216> [a dumb.]
him it throws him down .................... it <846 4486> [teareth him. or, dasheth him.]
he foams at the mouth <875> [he foameth.]
As these symptoms accord very much with those of epileptic persons, some have ventured to assert that it was no real possession; but the evangelist expressly affirms that he had a "dumb spirit" which tare him, that our Lord charged him to "come out of him," etc.
grinds <5149> [gnasheth.]
and .......... and ............ but they were ... able <2532 2480> [and they.]
You unbelieving <5599 571> [O faithless.]
spirit <4151> [the spirit.]
How <4214> [How.]
<1536> [if.]
have compassion <4697> [have.]
If <1487> [If.]
<3326> [with.]
help <997> [help.]
he rebuked <2008> [he rebuked.]
Mute <216> [thou.]
If this had been only a natural disease, as some have contended, could our Lord with any propriety have thus addressed it? If the demoniacal possession had been false, or merely a vulgar error, would our Lord, the Revealer of truth, have thus established falsehood, sanctioned error, or encouraged deception, by teaching men to ascribe effects to the malice and power of evil spirits, which they had no agency in producing? Impossible! Such conduct is utterly unworthy the sacred character of the Redeemer.
I command <1473 2004> [I charge.]
shrieked <2896> [cried.]
asked <1905> [asked.]
<3754> [Why.]
This <5124> [This.]
by prayer <1722 4335> [by prayer.]
<3521> [fasting.]
through <1223> [through.]
did ... want <2309> [he.]
Son <5207> [The Son.]
they did not understand <50> [they.]
were afraid <5399> [were.]
they came <2064> [he came.]
What <5101> [What.]
they had argued <1256> [they had.]
<1536> [If.]
welcomes one ......... welcomes ..... welcomes ... does ... welcome <1520 1209> [receive one.]
welcomes .......... welcomes me .... welcomes me does ... welcome me ....... me <1691 3165 1209> [receive me.]
Teacher <1320> [Master.]
Do ... stop <2967> [Forbid.]
<2076> [there.]
soon afterward <5035> [lightly.]
<3739> [whosoever.]
because <3754> [because.]
causes <4624> [offend.]
<2076> [it.]
If <1437> [if.]
causes you to sin ........ for you <4624 4571> [offend thee. or, cause thee to offend: and so.]
crippled <2948> [maimed.]
<846> [their.]
<4442> [the fire.]
your <4675> [thine.]
causes you to sin <4624 4571> [offend thee. or, cause thee to offend.]
Everyone <2532 3956> [and every.]
good <2570> [is good.]
Salt ....... loses its saltiness ......... Have salt <217 2192> [Have salt.]
be at peace <1514> [have peace.]
left <450> [A.M. 4033. A.D. 29. he arose.]
<1223> [by.]
he taught <1321> [he taught.]
Pharisees <5330> [the Pharisees.]
<1487> [Is it.]
to test <3985> [tempting.]
What <5101> [What.]
because of <4314> [For.]
beginning <746> [the beginning.]
<2316> [God.]
flesh .......... flesh <1519 4561 3391> [one flesh.]
Whoever <3739> [Whosoever.]
were bringing <4374> [they.]
disciples <3101> [disciples.]
he was indignant <23> [he was.]
Let <863> [Suffer.]
for <1063> [for.]
was starting out <1607> [when.]
ran up <4370> [running.]
fell on ... knees <1120> [kneeled.]
Good <18> [Good.]
what <5101> [what.]
eternal <166> [eternal.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
God <2316> [that is.]
You know <1492> [knowest.]
do ... commit adultery <3431> [commit.]
do ... defraud <650> [Defraud.]
he felt love <25> [loved.]
one thing <1520> [One thing.]
sell <4453> [sell.]
treasure <2344> [treasure.]
<142> [take.]
looked sad <4768> [sad.]
for <1063> [for.]
looked around <4017> [looked.]
How <4459> [How.]
enter <1525> [enter.]
were astonished <2284> [astonished.]
Children <5043> [Children.]
<3982> [trust.]
even more <4057> [out.]
who <5101> [Who.]
for mere humans .... for ....... for <3844 444> [With men.]
<1063> [for.]
Look <2400> [Lo.]
<2076> [There.]
my <1700> [for.]
a hundred times <1542> [an hundredfold.]
with persecutions <3326 1375> [with persecutions.]
eternal <166> [eternal.]
on <2258 1722> [they were in.]
they were amazed <2284> [they were amazed.]
This probably refers to a sort of indefinable awe which the apostles began to feel for Jesus, which the mighty miracles he wrought, and the air of majesty and authority he now assumed, were calculated to inspire.
and ..... but ....... He took .... aside <1161 2532 3880> [And he.]
we are going up <305> [we go.]
and ... Son ............ and ............ and <2532 5207> [and the Son.]
They will condemn <2632> [condemn.]
will be handed over .................. will turn ... over <3860> [deliver.]
They will mock <1702> [mock.]
spit <1716> [spit.]
and .... Yet <2532 5154> [and the.]
James <2385> [James.]
Matthew says that this request was made by Salome their mother; but though she made the request as from herself, yet it is evident that they had set her upon the business; and therefore Jesus, knowing whence it came, immediately addressed the sons.
came ... him <4365> [come.]
we want <2309> [we would.]
What <5101> [What.]
to sit <2523> [sit.]
in <1722> [in.]
You don't know ...... Are you able <1492 3756 1410> [Ye know not.]
to drink ... cup ... drink <4095 4221> [drink of the.]
be baptized .... baptism ... experience <907 908> [baptized with the.]
We are able <1410> [We.]
You will drink ..... drink ... you will be baptized ...... experience <4095 907> [Ye.]
<756> [they.]
You know <1492> [Ye know.]
are recognized <1380> [are accounted. or, think good.]
this way <3779> [so.]
whoever <3739> [whosoever.]
did ... come <2064> [came.]
and to give <2532 1325> [and to.]
They came <2064> [they came.]
his ....... were leaving <846 1607> [as he went.]
Luke says that this took place "as he was come nigh unto Jericho," and afterwards records an event which took place in that city. But the words [en <\\See definition 1722\\> to <\\See definition 3588\\> engizo autou <\\See definition 847\\> eis <\\See definition 1519\\> lericho,] may be rendered, "When he was nigh Jericho," which is equally true of him who is gone a little way from it, as of him who is come near it; and as it is probable that Jesus stayed some days in the neighbourhood, this might occur as he went out of the city during that time, and he might afterwards re-enter it.
<4319> [begging.]
Jesus ........ Jesus <2424> [Jesus.]
<5207> [thou.]
Many ............. all the more <4183> [many.]
but <1161> [but.]
have mercy <1653> [have.]
stopped <2476> [stood.]
Call .... they called ......... Have courage .... He is calling <5455 2293> [Be.]
What <5101> [What.]
your faith <4675 4102> [thy faith.]
has healed you <4571 4982> [made thee whole. or, saved thee. he received.]
followed <190> [followed.]
Now as <3753> [when.]
at ... Mount <4314 3735> [at the.]
sent <649> [he.]
<3754> [that.]
and <2532 2112> [and straightway.]
So .... and found ............ and <1161 2532 2147> [and found.]
colt <4454> [the colt.]
Then ........ threw ...... and <2532 1911> [and cast.]
had cut <2875> [cut.]
Hosanna <5614> [Hosanna.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
in ... highest <1722 3686 5310> [in the.]
<2424> [Jesus.]
after looking around at <4017> [when.]
he went out <1831> [he went.]
next day <1887> [on.]
he was hungry <3983> [he was.]
After noticing <1492> [seeing.]
a fig tree <4808> [a fig-tree.]
The fig-tree, [suke <\\See definition 4808\\>,] is a genus of the polygamia triaecia class of plants, seldom rising above twelve feet, but sending off from the bottom many spreading branches. The leaves are of a dark green colour, nearly a span long, smooth, and irregularly divided into from three to five deep rounded lobes; and the fruit grows on short and thick stalks, of a purplish colour, and contains a soft, sweet, and fragrant pulp, intermixed with numerous small seeds.
<686> [haply.]
he could find ........... he found <2147> [he found.]
for <1063> [for.]
Dr. Campbell observes, that the declaration, "for the time of [ripe, Ed.] figs was not yet," is not the reason why our Lord did not find any fruit on the tree, because the fig is of that class of vegetables in which the fruit is formed in its immature state before the leaves are seen. But as the fruit is of a pulpy nature, the broad, thick leaves come out in profusion to protect it from the rays of the sun during the time it is ripening. If the words, "for the time," etc. however, are read as a parenthesis, they then become a reason why Jesus Christ should look for fruit, because the season for gathering not having fully come, it would remove all suspicion that the fruit had been gathered: while the presence of the leaves incontestably proved the advance of the tree to the state in which fruit is found.
<3367> [No.]
Then .................... and ................ and <2532 2424> [and Jesus.]
tables <5132> [the tables.]
Is it ... written <1125> [Is it.]
house ..... a house of prayer for all nations <3624 3956 1484 4335> [of all nations the house of prayer. or, an house of prayer for all nations. a den.]
and ......... and <2532> [and.]
they feared <5399> [feared.]
was amazed <1605> [astonished.]
they saw <1492> [they saw.]
Matthew informs us that this tree grew by the way-side, and was therefore not private, but public property; so that the destruction of it really injured no one. Our Lord was pleased to make use of this miracle to prefigure the speedy ruin of the Jewish nation, on account of its unfruitfulness under greater advantages than any other people enjoyed at that day; and, like all the rest of his miracles, it was done with a gracious intention, to alarm his countrymen, and induce them to repent.
[See on ver.]
Have <2192> [Have.]
faith ... God <4102 2316> [faith in God. or, the faith of God.]
someone ........................ what <3739> [whosoever.]
and ...... and does ... doubt <2532 1252> [and shall.]
someone ........................ what <3739> [whatsoever.]
whatever <3745> [What.]
you stand <4739> [stand.]
forgive ......... will ... forgive <863> [forgive.]
him <846> [as he.]
chief priests <749> [the chief.]
I will ask ........ I will tell <1905 2046> [I will.]
question <3056> [question. or, thing.]
<1302> [Why.]
they feared <5399> [they.]
for <1063> [for.]
We ... know <1492> [We.]
Neither <3761> [Neither.]
he began <756> [he began.]
A man <444> [A certain.]
planted <5452> [planted.]
Then ............... He put .... around ......... and ............ and <2532 4060> [and set.]
Then ............... He ............. and ...... he leased ...... and <2532 1554> [and let.]
Then ............... He ............. and ............ and went on a journey <2532 589> [and went.]
At harvest time <2540> [at.]
a slave <1401> [a servant.]
seized <2983> [they.]
But ......... and sent ... away <1161 2532 649> [and sent.]
that one <2548> [and him.]
one <1520> [one.]
him ... them <846> [his.]
They will respect <1788> [They.]
<3754> [This.]
threw <1544> [cast.]
will ....... do <4160> [shall.]
He will come <2064> [he will.]
and ..... and give <2532 1325> [and will.]
Have you ... read <314> [have.]
stone <3037> [The stone.]
they feared <5399> [feared.]
they realized <1097> [knew.]
they sent <649> [they send.]
Herodians <2265> [Herodians.]
Teacher <1320> [Master.]
we know <1492> [we know.]
not ........ no ....................... not <3756> [carest.]
because you show <4012 1063 991> [for thou.]
Is it right <1832> [is it.]
he saw ................... let me look at <1492> [knowing.]
Why <5101> [Why.]
a denarius <1220> [a penny.]
"Valuing of our money, sevenpence halfpenny, as Mt 18:28, marg."
image <1504> [image.]
Give <591> [Render.]
and ... God ...... God's And <2532 2316> [and to.]
and ......... And they were utterly amazed <2532 2296> [And they.]
came <2064> [come.]
say <3004> [say.]
<3754> [If.]
that <2443> [that.]
you deceived <4105> [Do.]
As the five books of Moses were the only scriptures which the Sadducees admitted as Divine, our Lord confutes them by an appeal to these books, and proves that they were ignorant of those very writings which they professed to hold sacred. He not only rectified their opinions, but so explained the doctrine as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the Pharisees, that if two brothers married one woman, she should be restored at the resurrection to the first.
know <1492> [because.]
or <3366> [neither.]
but <235> [but.]
have you ... read <314> [have.]
in ... book <1722 976 1909> [in the book.]
God ..... I .... God ..... God ...... God <1473 2316> [I am.]
<5210> [ye.]
one <1520> [one.]
Which <4169> [Which.]
Listen <191> [Hear.]
Love <25> [Thou.]
that <3754> [for.]
<1488> [Thou.]
When ...................... Then no one <2532 3762> [And no.]
While ... was teaching <1321> [while.]
How <4459> [How.]
by <1722> [by.]
Lord ... to ... lord <2962> [The Lord.]
how can ...... And <2532 4159> [and whence.]
And ... large <2532 4183> [And the.]
said <3004> [said.]
Watch out <991> [Beware.]
<3588> [which.]
devour <2719> [devour.]
long <3117> [long.]
sat down <2523> [sat.]
coins <5475> [money.]
"A piece of brass money, see Mt 10:9."
offering box ......... it <1049> [the treasury.]
two small copper coins <1417 3016> [two mites.]
"It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money."
<3754> [That.]
gave out of ...... out ..... put <1537 906> [cast in of.]
they all ..... their .... she ....... in ........ everything <3956 846 3650> [all her.]
