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Mark 10:18
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God.
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16. Mark 10:17 GONE FORTH - From the place where he had been teaching. INTO THE WAY - Into the road or path on his journey....
CHAPTER 10. In Judea _ 1. The question concerning Divorce. (Mark 10:1 .Matthew 19:1 ._ 2. Children are blessed by Him. (Mark 10:13....
THE GREAT REFUSAL, AND THE OBSTACLE OF RICHES. The contrast between this incident and that which precedes it is caught by Shakespeare, _Richard II,_ V. Mark 10:10 f. That Mk. designed the contrast is...
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (Mark 10:1-12)...
As Jesus was going along the road, a man came running to him and threw himself at his feet and asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call m...
- WHY CALLEST, &c. Note the Figure of speech _Anteisagoge,_ App-6. NONE. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "no man". Compound of App-105....
_Why callest thou me good?_ The emphasis is on the "why." "Dost thou know what thou meanest, when thou givest Me this appellation?" If we combine the question and rejoinder as given by St Matthew and...
ΤΊ ΜΕ ΛΈΓΕΙΣ�; There can be no emphasis on the enclitic με, which is in all three, but Mt. has τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ�; This does not fit the original question, for the rich man had not asked about “th...
17–31. THE RICH MAN’S QUESTION; CHRIST’S ANSWER AND COMMENTS Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30...
Ver 17. And when He was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, "Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" 18. And Jesus said unto Him,...
_A RICH, YOUNG MAN CAME TO JESUS MARK 10:17-31:_ As Jesus went on His way he was approached quickly by a rich, young man. He wanted to know from Jesus how he could inherit eternal life. The young man...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΆΓΑΘΌΣ (G18) безупречно ΧΟΡΟШИЙ, отличный; по отношению к Богу — совершенный (NIDNTT; TDNT; EDNT)....
THERE CAME ONE RUNNING,— St. Luke 18:18 calls this person αρχων τις, _a certain ruler,_ by which may be meant either a ruler of the synagogue, or a member of the sanhedrim. This person expected to hav...
III. THE PEREAN MINISTRY 10:1-52 Jesus Leaves Galilee. 10:1 (on His way to Jerusalem) _TEXT 10:1_ And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judea and beyond Jordan: and multitudes co...
B. CHRIST'S LOVE TO THE YOUNG. 10:13-22 _TEXT 10:13-22_ And they brought unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with...
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? For the exposition, see the notes a...
15 See Mat_18:2-3:17-22 17-20 Compare Mat_19:16-22; Luk_18:18 - Luke 23:19 19 See Exo_20:12-16:21 21 See Mat_6:19-21; Luk_12:33-34; Luk_16:9:22-27 22-27 Compare Mat_19:23-26; Luk_18:24-27. 23 All...
THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE. THE RICH YOUNG MAN. BLIND BARTIMÆUS 1-12. The question of divorce (Matthew 19:3). See on that passage, and on Matthew 5:32. St. Mark represents our Lord as prohibiting divorc...
THE RICH YOUNG MAN (Matthew 19:16; Luke 18:8). See on Mt....
WHY CALLEST, etc.] RV 'Why callest thou me good? None is good save one, even God.' Since Jesus declares Himself, and is repeatedly declared by others to be sinless (John 6:61; John 8:46; John 14:30;...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 10 JESUS SPEAKS ABOUT DIVORCE VERSES 1-11 Sometimes a man leaves his wife and he d...
CHAPTER 10:17-22 (MARK 10:17) THE RICH INQUIRER "And as He was going forth into the way, there ran one to Him, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit etern...
τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν : on the import of this question _vide_ notes on Mt....
_Quest after eternal life_ (Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30)....
THE DIVINE LAW OF MARRIAGE Mark 10:1-22 God made one man for one woman; therefore divorce is not permissible, unless the one act be committed which severs the nuptial tie. Then only is the bond brok...
The Pharisees raised a question concerning the marriage relation. The Master went to the root of all things in the words, "From the beginning of the creation." The supreme and final authority is not t...
_None is good. Of himself, entirely and essentially, but God alone: men may be good also, but only by a participation of God's goodness. (Challoner)_...
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: “And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit e...
(17) And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? (18) And Jesus said unto him, Why...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
It is a striking principle which meets us here the relationships of nature (as God has Himself created them at the beginning) re-established in their original authority, while the heart is judged, and...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM,.... The same as in Mt. 19:17, Matthew 19:17. WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? This is said, not as denying that he was good, or as being angry with him for calling him so, but in o...
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? _there is_ none good but one, _that is_, God. Ver. 18. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 19:17 _"_...
_There came one running_, &c. See notes an Matthew 19:16. _And he answered, Master_, &c. He stands reproved now, and drops the epithet, _Good. Jesus, beholding him_ And looking into his heart; _loved...
The rich young man. Matthew 19:16-22....
TITLE: Attitudes of Teacher and Student TEXT: Mark 10:17-22 PROPOSITION: With the proper attitude of student and teacher, God's Word will be learned and obeyed. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Attitudes SCR...
17-22 This young ruler showed great earnestness. He asked what he should do now, that he might be happy for ever. Most ask for good to be had in this world; any good, Psalms 4:6; he asks for good to...
That is, originally good, and supremely good, or perfectly good. Herein our Saviour doth not deny himself to be God, but checked him who did not believe him such, yet called him God....
Tertullian On Modesty "But," say they, "God is `good, 'and `most good, '[15] Origen Against Celsus Book V And here I may employ this illustration, as beating upon this point: Our Lord and Saviour, h...
Mark 10:18 So G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Why G5101 call G3004 (G5719) Me...
‘And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? None is good except one, even God.” ' Jesus gently asks him why he calls Him uniquely good. He was not by this denying His own goodness. That was not...
JESUS PRONOUNCES ON RICHES AND ENTRY UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (10:17-31). In this further example of His teaching Jesus' authority again comes out. He is depicted as the One Who lays down the rule...
THE MISSION IN JUDAEA - JESUS PRONOUNCES ON DIVORCE, ON ENTRY UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD, ON THE DANGERS OF RICHES AND ON THE REQUIREMENT OF BECOMING A SERVANT AS HE HAS DONE (10:1-45). Jesus now be...
Mark 10:18. WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? Matthew (the correct reading): ‘Why askest thou me of that which is good?' In applying the term ‘good' to our Lord, the young ruler was honest, but mistaken. He u...
The position of this section is the same in all three Gospels. Mark 10:17 shows that our Lord had already started on His journey to death. This gives the greater emphasis to His demand for self-denial...
WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? (Τ με λεγεις αγαθον;). So Luke 18:19; Matthew 19:17 has it: "Why asketh thou concerning that which is good? "The young ruler was probably sincere and not using mere fulsome...
WHY CALLEST Believing Me to be but a human teacher, why callest thou Me "good," etc....
Mark 10:17 Supremacy of Goodness. I. Consider the thought suggested by our Lord's remarkable address in the text. To the courteous and reverential words of the inquirer, His rejoinder sounds at once...
Mark 10:13. _And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them._ They thought them too little, too insignificant, and that the Maste...
Mark 10:17. _And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him,...
CONTENTS: Jesus' law of divorce. The blessing of little children. The rich young ruler. The desire of James and John to be first. Bartimeus receives his sight. CHARACTERS: Jesus, James, John, Peter,...
Mark 10:2. _The pharisees came and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?_ This was a net artfully spread, to entangle the Saviour's feet. Had he said no, they would have accused him...
A MAN RAN UP. Only Mark tells that _"Jesus looked straight at him with love"_ (Mark 10:21). See notes on Matthew 19:16-22....
_Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?_ THE GREAT REFUSAL I. We have here an inquirer. There are many things about him which awaken interest. He was young, thoughtful, an inq...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 10:18 NO ONE IS completely GOOD EXCEPT GOD ALONE, therefore it is not proper for the young man to address Jesus as “Good Teacher” until he is ready to acknowledge that Jesus is God....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 10:17 Contrary to childlike trust (vv. Mark 10:13), the rich young MAN relies on his POSSESSIONS (v....
JESUS SPEAKS TO THE RICH YOUNG MAN MATTHEW 19:16-30; MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30; MATTHEW 19:16 And, behold, one came and
CHAPTER 10 2 _Christ disputeth with the Pharisees touching divorcement_ : 13 _blesseth the children that are brought unto him_ : 17 _resolveth a rich man how he may inherit life everlasting_ : 23 _tel...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 10:18. _No one is good except God_. Mark 10:21. LOVED.—Possibly _caressed_. It is said to have been customary with Jewish Rabbis to kiss the head of such pupils...
EXPOSITION MARK 10:1 INSTEAD OF THE WORDS, INTO THE COASTS OF JUDEA BY THE FARTHER SIDE OF JORDAN, the passage, by a change of reading from διὰ τοῦ to καὶ. He will run thus: _into the coasts _(_b...
Mark's gospel chapter 10: And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he wont [was accustomed], he taugh...
1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Samuel 2:2; James 1:17; John 5:41;...
Why callest thou, etc. Compare Matthew 19:17. The renderings of the A. V. and Rev. here are correct. There is no change of reading as in Matthew, where the text was altered to conform it to Mark and L...
(CF. MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30)— If Jesus was God, why did He seem to rebuke the rich young ruler for calling Him good? PROBLEM: The rich young ruler called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus rebuked...
As if Christ had said, WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD, when thou dost not believe or own me to be God? FOR THERE IS NONE GOOD, that is, essentially and originally good, absolutely and immutably good, but Go...