It was not the intention of Christ, that he should not tell any body; had that been his wish, he would easily have realized it: he spoke thus purposely, to shew us that we ought not to seek the empty praises of men. He bade him also offer the sacrifices prescribed, because the law remained in full force till the passion of Christ, in which was offered a perfect sacrifice, that did away with all the legal sacrifices. (Nicholas of Lyra)
AND THERE CAME A LEPER ... - See the notes at Matthew 8:1. KNEELING DOWN TO HIM - He kneeled and inclined his face to the ground, in token of deep humiliation and earnest entreaty. Compare Luke 5:12....
PART II. THE SERVANT'S WORK; NOT TO BE MINISTERED UNTO, BUT TO MINISTER -- CHAPTER 1:14-10:52 Chapter 1:14-45. The Ministry in Galilee after John's Imprisonment. 1. The Servant in Galilee preaching...
THE HEALING OF THE LEPER. By placing this incident at this point in his narrative, Mk. gives a further reason for the difficulty which met Jesus on His return from Capernaum. The story with Mk.'s endi...
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (Mark 1:1-4)...
A leper came to him, asking him to help him and kneeling before him. "If you are willing to do so, he said, "you are able to cleanse me." Jesus was moved with pity to the depths of his being. He stret...
SEE. App-188. SHEW. PRIEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 14:1). App-117. FOR. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. MOSES. Occurs eight times in Mark: I. Mar 44:7, Mar 44:10. Mark 9:4; Mark 9:5;...
_shew thyself to the priest_ that he may attest the reality of thy cure (Leviticus 14:3). _those things which Moses commanded_ viz. (1) two birds, "alive and clean," Leviticus 14:4, (2) cedar wood, (3...
ὍΡΑ ΜΗΔΕΝῚ ΜΗΔῈΝ ΕἼΠΗΙΣ. Winer, p. 625. The ὅρα and the double negative indicate the urgency of the command. Mk is fond of double negatives; Mark 2:2; Mark 3:27; Mark 5:3; Mark 5:37
40–45. THE CLEANSING OF A LEPER Matthew 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-16 The three Evangelists give this miracle in different connexions. Mt. places it first in his three triplets of specimens of the Messiah’s mi...
Ver 40. And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, "If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." 41. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand...
_THE FACT OF JESUS PREACHING AND HEALING IN GALILEE MARK 1:35-45:_ The preaching of Jesus was preceded by prayer. (Mark 1:35) Secret prayer prepared Jesus for powerful public preaching. No man has any...
OPA _praes. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) смотреть. Это гл. предостережения, за которым следует _obj. прид._ (SIMS, 75). ΕΪΠΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, рассказывать. С отр. ΜΗΔΈΝ ...
4. HEALING OF THE LEPER1:35-45 _TEXT 1:35-45_ And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were w...
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 8:1....
19 Before a net is used it is important that it is not badly tangled or snarled. The work of these fishermen is a graphic commentary on the word "adjust," which has been rendered by such a variety as...
BAPTISM OF JESUS. BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY 1-8. Appearance of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:1). See on Mt and Lk. St. Mark's Gospel, being based on the reminiscences of Peter, begins with the...
THE LEPER CLEANSED (Matthew 8:1; Luke 5:12). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. ABOUT MARK’S BOOK The Bible has 4 books about Jesus’ life. They are called the Books of Mat...
CHAPTER 1:40-45 (MARK 1:40) THE LEPER "And there cometh to Him a leper, beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him, and saying unto Him, If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And being moved with com...
_The leper_ (Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-16)....
εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς : for a testimony from priest to people, without which the leper would not be received as clean....
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...
The introductory words of this Gospel according to Mark are characterized by brevity. Mark at once announces his theme, "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God," and then in rapid...
(13) And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the (u) priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. (1...
Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: “And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus...
AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them,...
(40) And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (41) And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth _his_ hand,...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_RESERVE IN RELIGION_ ‘And He straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away.… But he went out, and began to publish it much.’ Mark 1:43 Our Lord, having healed the leper, charged him to be sile...
Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44._For a testimony to them _Some consider _testimony _to mean here a law or statute, as it is said in the Book of Psalms, God laid down this _“ _for a testimony to Israel,” (Psalm...
The message is new at least in the absolute and complete character it assumes, and in its direct and immediate application. It was not the Jewish privileges which should be obtained by repenting and r...
AND SAITH UNTO HIM, SEE THOU SAY NOTHING TO ANY MAN,.... By the way, till he came to the priest; BUT GO THY WAY, SHOW THYSELF TO THE PRIEST: the Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests"; and...
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Ver. 44. _S...
_And there came a leper_, &c. Concerning the miracle recorded in these verses, see the notes on Matthew 8:2....
SAY NOTHING TO ANY MAN; about the cure. See note on Matthew 8:4. SHOW THYSELF TO THE PRIEST; Leviticus 14:2. This would show the priest that the cure was real, and give to him, as well as others, evi...
AND SAITH UNTO HIM, SEE THOU SAY NOTHING TO ANY MAN; BUT GO THY WAY, SHOW THYSELF TO THE PRIEST, AND OFFER FOR THY CLEANSING THOSE THINGS WHICH MOSES COMMANDED, FOR A TESTIMONY UNTO THEM....
Christ's attempt to avoid unwelcome publicity:...
This beginning is not that ofJohn 1:1, which speaks of the Lord's eternal existence "with God," and as being God; nor is it that of creation (Genesis 1:1), but of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son o...
TITLE: The Spleen of Jesus TEXT: Mark 1:40-45 PROPOSITION: Jesus was a man of compassion and action. QUESTION: When? KEY WORD: Circumstances SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. If we are to foll...
40-45 We have here Christ's cleansing of a leper. It teaches us to apply to the Saviour with great humility, and with full submission to his will, saying, "Lord, if thou wilt," without any doubt of C...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:44...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI Which law is so very holy and righteous, that even our Saviour, when on a certain time He healed one leper, and afterwards nine, said to the first, "Go, sho...
Mark 1:44 and G2532 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 See G3708 (G5720) say G2036 (G5632) nothing...
SECTION 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS MINISTRY (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant (Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 61:1...
JESUS REVEALS HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE CLEAN (1:40-45). Here Jesus power and authority is revealed in no uncertain fashion. Firstly because He overrides the law of uncleanness. And secondly be...
‘And he sternly charged him, and immediately sent him away, and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go your way, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things t...
Mark 1:40-45. See on Matthew 8:2-4. Mark's account is fuller, showing independence, and confirming the view that Matthew has deviated from the chronological order. From Luke 5:12-14 we conclude that t...
The journey through Galilee here spoken of (Mark 1:35-39) is the first one recorded in the Gospels and is identical with that mentioned in Luke 4:42-44; Matthew 4:23-25. Mark and Luke, however, are mo...
Mark 1:44. The purport of our Lord's charge to the healed leper is now given. See on Matthew 8:4. Such prohibitions (comp. Matthew 9:31; Mark 5:43) were called forth by cir
FOR A TESTIMONY UNTO THEM (εις μαρτυριον αυτοις). Without the formal testimony of the priests the people would not receive the leper as officially clean....
Mark 1 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human experie...
Mark 1:40 I. In this chapter we have seen some who were brought to the Saviour, and in the 40th verse we find a man who came to Jesus. Note the blessedness of those who have others to conduct them to...
Mark 1:28. _And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee._ «Immediately.» That is, as soon as Jesus had healed the man with an unclean spirit, his fame spread...
CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism and temptation of Jesus and His first Galilean ministry. Demons cast out, sickness healed, leprosy cured. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the...
Mark 1:1. _The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God._ This commencement is laconic, beautiful, and perspicuous. Several Greek authors begin their books in this independent way. It a...
BUT GO STRAIGHT TO THE PRIEST. At Jerusalem, the religious center. THEN OFFER THE SACRIFICE THAT MOSES ORDERED. See note on Matthew 8:4....
_And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him._ THE CURED LEPER STILL REBELLIOUS I. His disease. II. His application. 1. We have here an intelligent appreciation of Christ as the Healer. 2. We h...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 1:44 SAY NOTHING. This is Mark’s first report of Jesus telling a healed person not to tell anyone of his being healed (see note on Matt. 8:4). SHOW YOURSELF TO THE PRIEST is c
JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY MATTHEW 8:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; LUKE 5:12-15; MATTHEW 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying
COMMENTARY upon THE GOSPEL OF S. MARK. _______. _______ INTRODUCTION. " MARK," says S. Jerome in his _Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers_, "was a disciple and interpreter of S. Peter. At the req...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 1:44. SAY NOTHING TO ANY MAN.—Our Lord desired to check, as far as possible, the tendency on the part of the populace to regard Him as a mere wonder-worker, becaus...
EXPOSITION MARK 1:1 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. These words mean, not the title of the book, but the commencement of the narrative; and so they depend upon what follows, namely, "as...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel. Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified, perhaps about twelve years old. So, the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received from li...
1 Corinthians 10:11; Leviticus 14:2; Luke 17:14; Luke 5:14; Matt
For a testimony unto them [ε ι σ μ α ρ τ υ ρ ι ο ν α υ τ ο ι σ]. Without the formal testimony of the priests the people would not receive the leper as officially clean....
HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD Mark 1:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to talk to you about the changeableness of the people toward Christ. Mark 1:28 says, "And immediately His fame spread abroad throughout...
See thou say nothing to any man — But our blessed Lord gives no such charge to us. If he has made us clean from our leprosy of sin, we are not commanded to conceal it. On the contrary, it is our duty...