Mark 1:14--6:6
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.]
