Mark 8:1-3
FEEDING FOUR THOUSAND MEN. The great need of the people:... [ Continue Reading ]
FEEDING FOUR THOUSAND MEN. The great need of the people:... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THOSE DAYS, THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GREAT, AND HAVING NOTHING TO EAT, JESUS CALLED HIS DISCIPLES UNTO HIM, AND SAITH UNTO THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE COMPASSION ON THE MULTITUDE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOW BEEN WITH ME THREE DAYS, AND HAVE NOTHING TO EAT;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF I SEND THEM AWAY FASTING TO THEIR OWN HOUSES, THEY WILL FAINT BY THE WAY; FOR DIVERS OF THEM CAME FROM FAR. Jesus was still in the region of the Decapolis, where He had healed the deaf-mute. It may have been due partly to the excitement over this miracle, partly to the preliminary work of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS DISCIPLES ANSWERED HIM, FROM WHENCE CAN A MAN SATISFY THESE MEN WITH BREAD HERE IN THE WILDERNESS?... [ Continue Reading ]
The miracle:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE ASKED THEM, HOW MANY LOAVES HAVE YE? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE COMMANDED THE PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN ON THE GROUND; AND HE TOOK THE SEVEN LOAVES, AND GAVE THANKS, AND BRAKE, AND GAVE TO HIS DISCIPLES TO SET BEFORE THEM; AND THEY DID SET THEM BEFORE THE PEOPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY HAD A FEW SMALL FISHES; AND HE BLESSED, AND COMMANDED TO SET THEM ALSO BEFORE THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THEY DID EAT AND WERE FILLED; AND THEY TOOK UP OF THE BROKEN MEAT THAT WAS LEFT SEVEN BASKETS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT HAD EATEN WERE ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND; AND HE SENT THEM AWAY. The disciples again failed in the test proposed to them by the Lord, whether from diffidence or from hardness of heart cannot be determined. Instead of reminding Him in joyful faith of the former feeding at a place only a few m... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES. Request for a sign from heaven:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND STRAIGHTWAY HE ENTERED INTO A SHIP WITH HIS DISCIPLES, AND CAME INTO THE PARTS OF DALMANUTHA.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PHARISEES CAME FORTH, AND BEGAN TO QUESTION WITH HIM, SEEKING OF HIM A SIGN FROM HEAVEN, TEMPTING HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SIGHED DEEPLY IN HIS SPIRIT AND SAITH, WHY DOTH THIS GENERATION SEEK AFTER A SIGN? VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE SHALL NO SIGN BE GIVEN UNTO THIS GENERATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE LEFT THEM, AND, ENTERING INTO THE SHIP, AGAIN DEPARTED TO THE OTHER SIDE. After the miracle of the feeding Jesus lost no time in further teaching and healing at this place. Without delay He entered the boat with His disciples and crossed the Sea of Galilee into the region of Dalmanutha, in th... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE DISCIPLES HAD FORGOTTEN TO TAKE BREAD, NEITHER HAD THEY IN THE SHIP WITH THEM MORE THAN ONE LOAF.... [ Continue Reading ]
The disciples' worry about bread:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CHARGED THEM, SAYING, TAKE HEED, BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND OF THE LEAVEN OF HEROD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY REASONED AMONG THEMSELVES, SAYING, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO BREAD. The departure from the region of Dalmanutha or Magdala had been very hurried. Their course was directed to a country which did not offer much in the form of food. A single loaf, probably one left over from the previous day,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY REASON YE BECAUSE YE HAVE NO BREAD? PERCEIVE YE NOT YET, NEITHER UNDERSTAND? HAVE YE YOUR HEART YET HARDENED?... [ Continue Reading ]
The reproof of Christ:... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING EYES, SEE YE NOT, AND HAVING EARS, HEAR YE NOT, AND DO YE NOT REMEMBER?... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I BRAKE THE FIVE LOAVES AMONG FIVE THOUSAND, HOW MANY BASKETS FULL OF FRAGMENTS TOOK YE UP? THEY SAY UNTO HIM, TWELVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE SEVEN AMONG THE FOUR THOUSAND, HOW MANY BASKETS FULL OF FRAGMENTS TOOK YE UP? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, HOW IS IT THAT YE DO NOT UNDERSTAND? Jesus had been busy with His thoughts, but His attention was now directed to His disciples by their whispering and consulting. And, without inquiring, by virtue of His omniscience, He knew the matter of their dispute and their conclusion. T... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE COMETH TO BETHSAIDA; AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN UNTO HIM, AND BESOUGHT HIM TO TOUCH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLIND MAN OF BETHSAIDA. Mark 8:22... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE TOOK THE BLIND MAN BY THE HAND, AND LED HIM OUT OF THE TOWN; AND WHEN HE HAD SPIT ON HIS EYES, AND PUT HIS HANDS UPON HIM, HE ASKED HIM IF HE SAW AUGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE LOOKED UP AND SAID, I SEE MEN AS TREES, WALKING.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THAT HE PUT HIS HANDS AGAIN UPON HIS EYES, AND MADE HIM LOOK UP; AND HE WAS RESTORED, AND SAW EVERY MAN CLEARLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SENT HIM AWAY TO HIS HOUSE, SAYING, NEITHER GO INTO THE TOWN, NOR TELL IT TO ANY IN THE TOWN. This is the second miracle whose account is peculiar to Mark, and he relates it in just the same circumstantial, detailed way as the other, 7:31-36. Jesus had crossed the sea with His disciples and l... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS WENT OUT, AND HIS DISCIPLES, INTO THE TOWNS OF CAESAREA-PHILIPPI; AND BY THE WAY HE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING UNTO THEM, WHOM DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS THE CHRIST AND HIS SERVICE. A journey to the heathen country:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ANSWERED, JOHN THE BAPTIST; BUT SOME SAY, ELIAS; AND OTHERS, ONE OF THE PROPHETS. Jesus now at last got the opportunity for which He had been waiting and planning for some time. His work was to instruct His disciples more fully in the essentials of their calling, for this preparation was so... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, BUT WHOM SAY YE THAT I AM? AND PETER ANSWERETH AND SAITH UNTO HIM, THOU ART THE CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
The confession of Peter:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CHARGED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD TELL NO MAN OF HIM. The first answer had been given willingly enough, for the information could be easily supplied. But now Christ puts the direct question to all disciples, emphasizing the pronoun: How about you? What is our opinion and confession? Note: The wor... [ Continue Reading ]
The first announcement of the Passion: The vanishing of Christ did not fill the hearts of these two men with new sorrow and fear. They had the blessed remembrance of the words of Jesus which He had spoken to them on the way. Full of eager happiness they exchanged confidences on their experience. It... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HAD CALLED THE PEOPLE UNTO HIM WITH HIS DISCIPLES ALSO, HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHOSOEVER WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concerning true discipleship:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT; BUT WHOSOEVER WILL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPEL'S, THE SAME SHALL SAVE IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?... [ Continue Reading ]
OR WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BE ASHAMED OF ME AND OF MY WORDS IN THIS ADULTEROUS AND SINFUL GENERATION, OF HIM ALSO SHALL THE SON OF MAN BE ASHAMED WHEN HE COMETH IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH THE HOLY ANGELS. Jesus had given the disciples a summary of His work in the interest of fallen humanity, the... [ Continue Reading ]