Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Mark 2:13
Still it is said he taught them, thereby letting his ministers know what is their great work; and therefore they should be persons apt to teach, as Paul directeth Timothy, 1 Timothy 3:2.
Still it is said he taught them, thereby letting his ministers know what is their great work; and therefore they should be persons apt to teach, as Paul directeth Timothy, 1 Timothy 3:2.
BY THE SEA-SIDE - That is, by the Sea of Tiberias, on the shore of which Capernaum was situated. See the notes at Matthew 4:13....
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...
THE CALL OF LEVI. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS. These two incidents are only loosely connected with each other and with what precedes. The notes of time are of the vaguest. The call of Levi, who is...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
BY = beside. Greek. _para._ App-104. RESORTED... TAUGHT = kept coming... kept teaching....
Call of St Matthew; the Discourse at his House 13. _he went forth_ i. e. from the town of Capernaum to the shore of the Lake, probably through a suburb of fishers" huts and custom-houses....
ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ. From the house and the city; that He did so in order to escape from the concourse is conjecture. ΠΆΛΙΝ ΠΑΡᾺ Τ. ΘΆΛΑΣΣΑΝ. The πάλιν may be a mere mark of transition; or it may refer to a prev...
13, 14. THE CALL OF LEVI Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27-28...
Ver 13. And He went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. 14. And as He passed by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the receipt of custo...
_JESUS CHOSE LEVI, A TAX COLLECTOR MARK 2:13-17:_ Next we observe Jesus by the Sea of Galilee. Crowds always came, many to be healed and some to hear and learn. As He walked along He saw Levi, the son...
ΉΡΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΈΔΊΔΑΣΚΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΔΆΣΚΩ (G1321) учить. Два _inf._ в этом стихе указывают на приход и уход сменяющих друг друга групп слуша...
6. THE CALL OF MATTHEW AND HIS FEAST 2:13-17 _TEXT 2:13-17_ And he went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the s...
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 9:9....
4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...
2:13 came (c-13) The imperfect tense, 'were, or kept, coming to him.'...
CALL OF LEVI (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...
CHAPTER 2:13-17 (MARK 2:13) THE CALL AND FEAST OF LEVI "And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son o...
_Call of Levi, feast following_ (Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32). This incident is not to be conceived as following immediately after that narrated in the foregoing section....
interrupts the continuity of the history. It states that Jesus went out again (_cf._ Mark 1:16) alongside (παρὰ) the sea, that the multitude followed Him, and that He taught them. A very vague general...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...
(2) And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. (2) The gospel offends the proud and saves the humble....
CONVERSION OF MATTHEW Matthew 20:9; Mark 2:13-14; & Luke 5:27-28. Mark: “And He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He continued to teach them. And passing along He saw L...
(13) And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. (14) (11 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the _son_ of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of cust...
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...
_A WALK BY THE SEA_ ‘And He went forth again by the sea side.’ Mark 2:13 The paralytic healed, our Lord left the house and, no longer surrounded by sceptical scribes, walked by the seaside. But the...
Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...
AND HE WENT FORTH AGAIN BY THE SEA SIDE,.... The sea of Galilee, where he had met with, and called Peter and Andrew, James and John; and not far from which were the solitary place, and the desert plac...
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. Ver. 13. _And he taught them_] To teach us, that nothing can be better and more useful to the Chu...
_And all the multitude resorted unto him_ Namely, _by the sea-side. And he taught them_ As readily there as if he had been in a synagogue. _And as he passed by he saw Levi_, that is, Matthew, _sitting...
SEASIDE; the sea of Galilee. Matthew 4:18. Hope of temporal blessings will often draw together multitudes of people; and when they are assembled, ministers of the gospel, if they have fit opportunity,...
THE CALLING OF LEVI AND THE DINNER AT HIS HOUSE....
AND HE WENT FORTH AGAIN BY THE SEASIDE; AND ALL THE MULTITUDE RESORTED UNTO HIM, AND HE TAUGHT THEM....
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...
TITLE: Eating with sinners TEXT: Mark 2:13-17 PROPOSITION: As we try to reach the lost we face some real challenges. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Attitudes SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. We fa...
13-17 Matthew was not a good character, or else, being a Jew, he would never have been a publican, that is, a tax-gatherer for the Romans. However, Christ called this publican to follow him. With God...
Mark 2:13 Then G2532 out G1831 (G5627) again G3825 by G3844 sea G2281 and G2532 all G3956 multitude...
THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN HAS COME TO MAKE MEN WHOLE (2:13-17). The second great statement of this chapter is about the Great Physician, and is introduced by the call of Levi (Matthew). But we are not, of...
‘And he went out again by the sea side, and the whole crowd were resorting to him and he was teaching them.' Once again Mark draws our attention to Jesus' popularity with the ordinary people. His grow...
ON the chronology, see on Matthew 9:2-17. According to the view there defended, the feast and discourse (Mark 2:15-22) occurred some time after the call of Levi, and these verses only, in the first th...
Mark 2:13-14. THE CALL OF LEVI _._ Undoubtedly the same as Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. See on Matthew 9:9. The three accounts agree in matter, but with the usual variation in words. Mark 2:13...
BY THE SEASIDE (παρα την θαλασσαν). A pretty picture of Jesus walking by the sea and a walk that Jesus loved (Mark 1:16; Matthew 4:18). Probably Jesus went out from the crowd in Peter's house as soo...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive the...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...
Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...
_And He went forth again by the seaside._ A WALK BY THE SEA I. It was not a walk of absent reverie. II. It was not a walk of sentimental admiration. III. It was a walk hallowed by sacred teaching....
CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:14. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Toll-house_. “Capernaum was the landing-place for the many ships which traversed the lake or coasted from town to town; and this not onl...
EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...
Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...
Luke 19:48; Luke 21:38; Mark 2:2; Mark 3:20; Mark 3:21;...
Resorted - taught [η ρ χ ε τ ο - ε δ ι δ α σ κ ε ν]. The imperfects are graphic - kept coming, kept teaching....
THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...
HELPERS AND HINDERERS Mark 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Back in Capernaum. Once more we find our Master in the city by the sea. He loved Galilee. So many of His wonderful messages and marvelous mirac...
All the multitude came to him — Namely, by the sea side. And he as readily taught them there as if they had been in a synagogue....
Observe here, 1. The unwearied pains and diligence which our Saviour used in the execution of his ministerial office and calling; no sooner had he done preaching in Capernaum, and healing the sick of...