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Mark 12:38
And He said unto them in His doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
And He said unto them in His doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
Verse 38. _BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES_] Matthew 23:1, Matthew 23:1, c....
IN HIS DOCTRINE - In his “teaching,” for so it should be rendered. BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES - Be on your guard. Be cautious about hearing them or following them. SCRIBES - The learned men of the Jewish...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Parable of the Vineyard. (Mark 12:1 .Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9)_ 2. The Question concerning the Tribute Money. (Mark 1
A WARNING AGAINST THE SCRIBES. These verses read like a summary of or a fragment from the longer discourse in Q. The reference to widows-' houses is found only in Mk. Its meaning is obscure. Did they...
REJECTION AND RETRIBUTION (Mark 12:1-12)...
DOCTRINE. teaching. BEWARE. take heed. App-133. OF. away from (Greek. _apo_. App-104.): i.e. take heed [and keep] away from. Not the some word as in Mark 12:44. LOVE. desire, or will to. Greek. _th...
Admonition to beware of the Scribes 38. _And he said_ The terrible denunciations of the moral and religious shortcomings of the leaders of the nation, which now fall from our Lord's lips, are given fa...
38–40. CHRIST’S CONDEMNATION OF THE SCRIBES Matthew 23:1-7; Luke 20:45-47...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΔΙΔΑΧΗ͂Ι ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΛΕΓΕΝ. As often, Mk has imperf. where Mt. and Lk. have aor. Only a brief denunciation is here common to all three; somewhat more is common to Mk and Lk.; but the greater part...
VER 38. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM IN HIS DOCTRINE, "BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES, WHICH LOVE TO GO IN LONG CLOTHING, AND LOVE SALUTATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACES, 39. AND THE CHIEF SEATS IN THE SYNAGOGUES, AND THE U...
_JESUS TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE -- MARK 12:35-44:_ The Jews had to admit that Jesus was a descendant of David according to the flesh. However, they denied that He was divine or related to him in any spi...
ΒΛΈΠΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) смотреть, остерегаться, ΘΕΛΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) хотеть, желать, с _inf._ ΣΤΟΛΑΊΣ _dat. pl. от_ ΣΤΟΛΉ (G4749) плащ; не только...
LONG CLOTHING,— _Long garments,_ or _robes. Mark 12:39. Rooms_] _Seats._...
_SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_ In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with conversations and speeches, in which s...
8. JESUS WARNS AGAINST THE SCRIBES 12:38-40 _TEXT 12:38-40_ And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the market-places, and...
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, AND HE SAID UNTO THEM IN HIS DOCTRINE, [ en (G1722) tee (G...
18 Now that He has answered the hardest question of the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees bring Him their best argument against the truth of resurrection. There is the constant tendency, even amo...
VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE 1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). See on Mt....
Cp. Matthew 23:6; (Matthew 23:14). LONG CLOTHING] (lit. 'stoles'). The word is used in LXX for priestly and royal robes, and in NT. for dress worn on festive occasions. Not the use, but the ostentatio...
WARNING AGAINST THE SCRIBES (Luke 20:45). Mt inserts at this point a long and severe discourse against the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:1)....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 THE GARDEN AND THE CRUEL WORKERS VERSES 1-12 A servant does his work on behalf...
CHAPTER 12:35-40 (MARK 12:35) DAVID'S LORD "And Jesus answered and said, as He taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the Son of David? David himself said in the Holy Spirit,--...
_Warning against the influence of the scribes_ (Luke 20:45-47). As if encouraged by the manifest sympathy of the crowd, Jesus proceeds to warn them against the baleful influence of their religious gui...
ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ α.: this expression alone suffices to show that what Mk. here gives is but a fragment of a larger discourse of the same type an anti-scribal manifesto. Here again the evangelist bears fai...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring choice, first to Deutero...
In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." The...
(6) And he said unto them in (g) his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in (h) long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces, (6) The manners of ministers are not to be fol...
WARNINGS AGAINST THE EVIL EXAMPLE OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES It is still Wednesday, and the last day our Lord ever spoke in the temple. These scribes and Pharisees are thronging Him on all sides, be...
(35) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? (36) For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou...
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...
The Lord afterwards gives the substance of the whole law, as the principle of blessing between the creature and God, and that which formed the touchstone for the heart in the rejection of Christ. I sa...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM IN HIS DOCTRINE,.... As he was preaching, not to the Scribes and Pharisees but to the multitude, and to his disciples particularly; and to them in the audience of the people, as...
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and _love_ salutations in the marketplaces, Ver. 38. _Love to go in long clothing_] Down to the heels,...
_Beware of the scribes_ See that ye do not imitate their hypocrisy, or imbibe their principles, and be on your guard against their insidious counsels and designs. There was an absolute necessity for t...
Warning against hypocrisy. Matthew 23:1-12....
TITLE: Jesus, Son of Seven TEXT: Mark 12:35-40 PROPOSITION: Jesus is both the descendent and Lord of David. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Connections READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. The other day I got a c...
35-40 When we attend to what the Scriptures declare, as to the person and offices of Christ, we shall be led to confess him as our Lord and God; to obey him as our exalted Redeemer. If the common peop...
Ver. 38-40. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:5", and following verses to MATTHEW 23:7, SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:14". The more men and women want of real worth and value, the more they seek themselves a reputa...
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes and while devoting great care to the things which were external, they overlooked those which bore upon the salvation of the soul. For they...
Mark 12:38 Then G2532 said G3004 (G5707) them G846 in G1722 His G846 teaching G1322 Beware G991 ...
Mark 12:38-40. THE DENUNCIATORY DISCOURSE. Matthew, writing for Jewish Christians, gives a full report; but early Gentile readers only heeded this brief outline....
Mark 12:38. The phrase ‘unto them' is to be omitted. The discourse was both to the multitude (Mark 12:39) and to his disciples (comp. Matt and Luke). IN HIS TEACHING; implying that much more was sai...
BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES (βλεπετε απο των γραμματεων). Jesus now turns to the multitudes and to his disciples (Matthew 23:1) and warns them against the scribes and the Pharisees while they are still th...
Mark 12:12. _And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way._ Christ's enemies could not i...
CONTENTS: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards. The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great commandments. The widow's mite. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesa...
Mark 12:1. _A certain man planted a vineyard._ See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80. and Isaiah 5.
WATCH OUT FOR THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW. Mark condenses Matthew 23:1-36 into just three verses. See notes there. WHO LIKE TO WALK AROUND IN THEIR LONG ROBES. Only Mark gives this. These long robes, swee...
_Beware of the Scribes which love to go in long clothing._ RECKLESSNESS OF AMBITION There is the Synagogue of Ambition, whose bond of union is the lust of place and of power. Let Diotrephes be its re...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:38 SCRIBES. Experts in handling written documents. ⇐ ⇔...
JESUS WARMS AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS MATTHEW 23:1-12; MARK 12:38-40; LUKE 20:45-47; MATTHEW 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the mul
CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr. _ε̉φύτευσεν_...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 12:39. UPPERMOST ROOMS AT FEASTS.—_Chief places in the suppers_—the most important meal of the day, and the most fashionable entertainment. Mark 12:40. GREATER DA...
EXPOSITION MARK 12:1 AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence o...
Mark's gospel, chapter 12. Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry...
3 John 1:9; Luke 11:43; Luke 14:7; Luke 20:45; Mark 4:2;...
Desire [θ ε λ ο ν τ ω ν]. See on Matthew 1:19....
Beware of the scribes — There was an absolute necessity for these repeated cautions. For, considering their inveterate prejudices against Christ, it could never be supposed the common people would rec...
Observe here, What it is that our Saviour condemns; not civil salutations in the market-place, not the chief seats in synagogues, not the uppermost rooms at feasts; but their fond affecting of these t...