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Mark 1:35
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Verse 35. _IN THE MORNING A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY_] By πρωι, _the morning_, is to be understood the whole space of three hours, which finished the fourth watch of the night. _AND THERE PRAYED._] Not...
AND IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY - Luke says Luke 4:42, “when it was day.” The passage in Mark means, in the original, not literally “a great while before day,” but very early, o...
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 DECISION TO LEAVE CAPERNAUM. The concourse of sick embarrasses Jesus, either because the work of healing tended to obscure His message or because Capernaum threatened to monopolise His attention....
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (Mark 1:1-4)...
Very early, when it was still night, Jesus rose and went out. He went away to a deserted place and there he was praying. Simon and his friends tracked him down and said to him, "They are all searching...
A GREAT... DAY _=_ while yet night. Greek. _ennuchon. A_ Divine supplement, here. A SOLITARY PLANE. a desert place. PRAYED = was praying....
Solitary Prayer. Tour in Galilee 35. _IN THE MORNING_, … _A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY_] Another graphic touch of the Evangelist. He brings the scene before our eyes. The previous day had been a long day...
ΠΡΩΪ̀ ἜΝΝΥΧΑ. Either word would suffice, and Syr-Sin. omits ἔννυχα: and either ἐξῆλθεν or ἀπῆλθεν would suffice: καὶ� may come from Mark 6:32; Mark 6:46; it is omitted by [208] and other witnesses. N...
35–39. DEPARTURE FROM CAPERNAUM. CIRCUIT IN GALILEE Luke 4:42-44...
VER 35. AND IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, HE WENT OUT, AND DEPARTED INTO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND THERE PRAYED. 36. AND SIMON AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM FOLLOWED AFTER HIM. 37. AND...
_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...
ΠΡΩΊ (G4404) рано, ΈΝΝΥΧΑ (G1722) _adv._ ночью, ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) вставать. Temp, или сопутств. _part. Aor._ указывает на предшествование по времени, ΈΞΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. a...
A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY— 'Εννυχον λιαν, _when the night was very far advanced,_ and consequently just before the dawn of day....
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 in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. AND IN THE MORNING - that is, of the day after this remarkable Sabbath; o...
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...
PRAYED] To spend a night, or a great part of a night, in prayer, was our Lord's way of preparing for preaching (Mark 1:38), for working miracles (Mark 9:29), and for other important actions, such as t...
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...
A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY. — Literally, _very early, while it was yet night._ The note of time is peculiar to St. Mark. Prayer seems to have been sought now, as at other times, after a day of extraordi...
CHAPTER 1:35-39 (MARK 1:35) JESUS IN SOLITUDE "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...
_Flight from Capernaum_ (Luke 4:42-44)....
πρωῒ, early, an elastic word, the last watch from three to six, defined more exactly by ἔννυχα λίαν = much in the night, at the beginning of the watch, or at the dark hour before dawn. ἔννυχα is the n...
THE HELPER OF THE NEEDY Mark 1:21-39 The word _straightway_ is typical of our Lord's life. It occurs at least eleven times in this chapter (r.v.), and is the keynote of Mark's Gospel, which is pre-em...
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...
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,...
EVANGELISM OF JESUS Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-44. From Capernaum, His headquarters, He now radiates out through the surrounding country, accompanied by His disciples, Peter, Andrew, James, and John, goi...
(29) And forthwith when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30) But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and anon they tel...
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...
_IN A SOLITARY PLACE_ ‘He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.’ Mark 1:35 We have only to turn over the pages of the Gospel and note, as we go, the similar allusions, and...
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 IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHITE BEFORE DAY,.... On the morrow after the sabbath, on the first day in the morning, notwithstanding the fatigue of the former day, through preaching and worki...
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Ver. 35. _And in the morning, &c._] The fittest time for prayer, or any seri...
_And in the morning, a great while before day_ Εννυχου λιαν, _When the night was very far advanced_, or, _when it was yet deep night, he went out_, &c. Thus diligently did the Son of God labour for us...
Early rising, for the purpose of engaging in secret prayer before entering on the duties of the day, is the dictate of true wisdom, and is highly conducive to health, excellence, usefulness, and enjoy...
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...
29-39 Wherever Christ comes, he comes to do good. He cures, that we may minister to him, and to others who are his, and for his sake. Those kept from public ordinances by sickness or other real hinde...
Secret prayer stands commended to us, as by the precept of Christ, MATTHEW 6:6, so by his frequent example, to teach us that our duty in prayer is not discharged without it: we are to pray with all pr...
Mark 1:35 Now G2532 morning G4404 risen G450 (G5631) while G3029 daylight G1773 out G1831 (G5627) and...
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...
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...
THE FIRST STAGE IN THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. (1:14-39). Now that He had been especially empowered and had determined the path that He would tread Jesus leaves the wilderness behind and goes out among men...
THE POWER OF JESUS IS REVEALED IN HEALING AND A FURTHER CASTING OUT OF SPIRITS, BUT HE EMPHASISES THAT HIS MAIN MINISTRY MUST BE THAT OF PREACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES (1:29-39). Having revealed His au...
‘And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.' ‘In the morning.' Not necessarily the next morning, although it may be. On...
JESUS STRESSES THE WIDE SCOPE OF WHAT HE HAS COME TO DO (1:35-39). The work in which He was engaged would be exhausting as He ministered to the crowds, especially spiritually, and so He was aware of t...
Mark 1:35. A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, or, ‘while it was still night' Luke: ‘when it was day,' or literally, ‘it becoming day.' Both refer to the same point of time, the earliest dawn. Between this and...
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...
IN THE MORNING, A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY (πρω εννυχα λιαν). Luke has only "when it was day" (γενομενης ημερας). The word πρω in Mark means the last watch of the night from three to six A.M. Εννυχα...
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 1:35 The Prayers of Jesus. Note: I. The mystery of the prayers of Jesus. If Jesus is, as we believe, God, how could God pray to God? How were there any needs in His nature on behalf of which He...
Mark 1:35 I. Ver. 35. There is something very touchingly illustrative of our Saviour's humanity in this verse. He could have prayed upon His couch; yet as He worked after the sun had set, so He depart...
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...
Mark 1:14. _Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,_ When one servant of God is laid aside, it is a call to the rest to be the more...
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...
VERY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING. Jesus made it a habit to take time from his busy schedule to pray....
_And in the morning, rising up a great while before day._ IF WE WOULD PRAY WELL, WE MUST PRAY EARLY Christians have often to choose between the indulgence of a little more sleep and the time of pray...
JESUS PREACHES THROUGHOUT GALILEE MATTHEW 4:23-25; MARK 1:35-39; LUKE 4:42-44; MATTHEW 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
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 1:35. A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY.—How Mark loves to emphasise the ceaseless activity and devotion of our Blessed Lord! _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 1:3...
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...
Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 5:7; John 4:34; John 6:15; Luke 22:39;...
In the morning, a great while before day [π ρ ω ι ε ν ν υ χ α λ ι α ν]. Luke has only "when it was day" [γ ε ν ο μ ε ν ε σ η ε μ ε ρ α σ]. The word pr "i in Mark means the last watch of the night from...
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...
Rising a great while before day — So did he labour for us, both day and night. Luke 4:42....
Observe here, 1. The duty performed by our Saviour, Namely, prayer, solitary and private prayer. He went by himself alone, out of the hearing of his disciples. The company of our best friends is not a...