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Mark 9:41
For whosoever shall give a cup of water to drink in My name because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
For whosoever shall give a cup of water to drink in My name because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
MARK 9:41 evn ovno,mati {A} The expression evn ovno,mati o[ti (“under the category that” or “on the ground that”; hence, “because”), though perfectly acceptable Greek, appears to have struck some co...
Verse 41. _A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK_] See the notes on Matthew 10:42; Matthew 18:6....
WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU A CUP ... - How easy it is to be a Christian! What is easier than to give a cup of cold water to a thirsty disciple of Jesus! But it must be in his name - that is, because he...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Glory to Come foreshadowed in the Transfiguration. (Mark 9:1 .Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28 .)_ 2. The helpless disciples and the secret of failure. ...
A CONVERSATION WITH THE TWELVE. This section illustrates the kind of teaching which Jesus gave in private to His disciples. It may embody fragmentary recollections of a particular discussion, but more...
Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink on the ground that you belong to Christ, I tell you truly he will not lose his reward. And whoever puts a stumbling-block in the path of one of these little o...
WHEN THE KING COMES INTO HIS OWN (Mark 8:38 ; Mark 9:1) 9:1 "Whoever is 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 com...
YE BELONG TO CHRIST. ye are Christ's. CHRIST. App-98....
_a cup of water_ which all gave readily in those sultry lands....
41–50. RESULTS OF HELPING AND OF HINDERING THE CAUSE OF CHRIST Matthew 18:6-9; Luke 17:1-2; Luke 14:34...
ἘΝ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΙ ὍΤΙ ([2046][2047][2048][2049][2050][2051]) rather than ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι μου ὅτι ([2052][2053]). There are other variations. [2046] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriar...
Ver 38. And John answered Him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us." 39. But Jesus said, "Forbid him not...
_DISCIPLESHIP REQUIRES UNCOMMON TRUST -- MARK 9:36-50:_ In Mark 9:38-40 we read, "John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad h...
ΠΟΤΊΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΤΊΖΩ (G4222) поить. _Conj._ с ΆΝ (G302) используется в indef. rel. _прид._ ΆΠΟΛΈΣΗ _aor. conj. act., см._ Mark 9:22....
DISCOURSE: 1435 CHRIST’S INTEREST IN HIS PEOPLE Mark 9:41. _Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, He shall not lose his rewa...
13. THE CHILDLIKE SPIRIT 9:33-43 _TEXT 9:33-43_ And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them, What were ye reasoning in the way? But they held their peace: for they had disp...
_SUMMARY 8:14 TO 9:50_ The two miracles recorded in the preceding sectionthe cure of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), and the casting out of the obstinate demon (Mark 9:14-29)are additional...
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRI...
40 See Mat_12:30; Luk_11:23. 41 See Mat_10:40-42. 42 Compare Mat_18:6. 43 Compare Mat_5:30. See Deu_13:6-11 Isa_33:14; Isa_66:24. 45 Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom just below Jerusalem, must not be...
THE TRANSFIGURATION. AN EPILEPTIC HEALED. PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH 2-8. The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28). See on Mt....
See on Matthew 10:42. 44, 46. These vv. (which are identical with Mark 9:48) are omitted by the best modern authorities....
ON OFFENCES (Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:1). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 9 JESUS WITH MOSES AND ELIJAH VERSES 1-10 Before Jesus began his work for God, Jes...
CHAPTER 9:38-50 (MARK 9:38) OFFENSES "John said unto Him, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy Name: and we forbade him, because he followed not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there...
= Matthew 10:42, but a later secondary form of the saying: ποτήριον ὕδατος for π. ψυχραῦ, and ὅτι Χριστοῦ ἐστέ instead of εἰς ὄν. μαθητοῦ....
_A reminiscence_ (Luke 9:49-50). Probably an incident of the Galilean mission, introduced without connecting particle, therefore (Weiss) connection purely topical; suggested (Holtz., H. C.) to the eva...
_The Twelve at school_ (Matthew 18:1-10; Luke 9:46-50, etc.)....
THE PATH TO GREATNESS Mark 9:30-50 Such were the hopes awakened by the Transfiguration and the following miracles that the disciples were led to speculate upon their relative position in the Kingdom....
Here we see four men who have passed without death into the atmosphere and society of the heavens. One only of the four is there by His own right. Pure and spotless humanity stands in the glory of the...
BIGOTRY OF THE APOSTLE JOHN Luke 9:49-50; Mark 9:38-41. “And John responded to Him, saying, Teacher we saw a certain one casting out devils in Thy name who does not follow us, and we forbade him, beca...
(38) And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followed not us. (39) But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for...
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...
_‘WHOSE I AM’_ ‘Ye belong to Christ.’ Mark 9:41 Who are they who belong to Christ? I. THOSE WHO COME TO CHRIST.—So the Saviour said: ‘All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me’ (John 6:37). Y...
In Matthew we saw the transfiguration announced in terms that related to the subject of that Gospel the rejected Christ taking His glorious position as Son of man. In each of the Gospels it is in conn...
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK,.... Not only one that does a miracle in the name of Christ, but he that shows the least respect, or does the least kindness to any one of his; Mat...
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. Ver. 41. _For whosoever shall give, &c._] Much more...
_For whosoever shall give you a cup of water_, &c. Having answered John, our Lord resumes the discourse, which was broken off at Mark 9:37. And to show the apostles further, that they had been in the...
WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK IN MY NAME-WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND; the charge respecting the man that followed not with the disciples, naturally led the Saviour to speak of the great...
TITLE: How to be “One of His” TEXT: Mark 9:38-41 PROPOSITION: We must learn to recognize who belongs to Christ. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Attributes SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Background...
41-50 It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it...
We meet with the same in substance, MATTHEW 10:42: there the phrase is, _in the name of a disciple; _ here it is expounded, _because ye belong to Christ. In my name; _ upon my account, believing you h...
Mark 9:41 For G1063 whoever G3739 G302 gives G4222 you G5209 cup G4221 water G5204 drink G4222 ...
JESUS BEGINS HIS FINAL JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM ON THE ROAD TO THE CROSS AND SPENDS MUCH TIME IN TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES AND DISPUTING WITH HIS ENEMIES IN READINESS FOR THAT EVENT, FOR HE IS GIVING HIS LIF...
JESUS REVEALS THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING AND DISPLEASING TO GOD (9:33-10:45). In this next subsection Jesus reveals the things that are pleasing and displeasing to God. Seeking greatness displeases...
THE TEST OF WHAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE IS DETERMINED BY WHAT THEY DO IN HIS NAME (9:33-50). Jesus now gives a number of illustrations of what it means to act in His Name as the Messiah. He gives three ex...
THE JEWISH EXORCIST WHO ACTED IN HIS NAME (9:38-41). Talk about greatness and of those who do things ‘in the name of Jesus' seems to have stirred John's mind to consider something that had happened i...
THE GIVING OF A CUP OF COLD WATER IN HIS NAME (9:41). “For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink ‘because you are Messiah's', truly I tell you he will assuredly not lose his reward.” This fol...
Mark 9:41. FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU, etc. Comp. Matthew 10:42. Here the lesson is intended directly for the Apostles. IN THIS NAME THAT YE ARE CHRIST'S, i.e., because ye belong to Christ. It may...
MARK alone tells us that the journey from the mount of Transfiguration to Capernaum was private (Mark 9:30). The education of the disciples called for this, and the hostility of the Pharisees had in f...
BECAUSE YE ARE CHRIST'S (οτ Χριστου εστε). Predicate genitive, belong to Christ. See Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 10:7. That is the bond of universal brotherhood of the redeemed. It...
This miracle is one that shows the transforming power of the Saviour in a remarkable fashion. Mark 9:20. _And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed...
Our Lord had been absent from the people, and transfigured on the top of the mountain; when he came down from this manifestation of his glory, he was brought face to face with Satan's work at almost t...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the mighty Christ casting out a demon. The dispute over who should be greatest. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism. Solemn warning of hell. CHARA...
Mark 9:2. _And after six days,_ not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16. He asked the scribes, what question ye with them?
_A cup of water to drink in My name._ THE SMALLEST GIFT AND THE LARGEST REWARD I. The description which is here given of the disciples of Christ, is exceedingly interesting and instructive. They “bel...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 9:41 WILL BY NO MEANS LOSE HIS REWARD. God notices the smallest of deeds. ⇐ ⇔
THE DISCIPLES ARGUE ABOUT WHO WOULD BE THE GREATEST MATTHEW 18:1-6; MARK 9:33-41; LUKE 9:46-50; MATTHEW 18:1 At the same time came the dis
CHAPTER 9 2 _Jesus is transfigured_. 11 _He instructeth his disciples concerning the coming of Elias_ : 14 _casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit_ : 30 _foretelleth his death and resurrection_ : 33 _ex...
_And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me_, _it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were east into the sea._ This is antithetical...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 9:35. IF ANY MAN DESIRE.—_If any one wishes_, as chap. Mark 8:34. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 9:33_ (PARALLELS:...
EXPOSITION MARK 9:1 TILL THEY SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME WITH POWER. In St. Matthew 16:28 the words run thus: "Till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." In St. Luke 9:27, "Till t
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power (Mark 9:1). Now what di...
1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Galatians 3:29;...
For whosoever shall give you a cup — Having answered St. John, our Lord here resumes the discourse which was broken off at Mark 9:37. Matthew 10:42....