_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ It may be well to trace out, approximately, the order of events here. Leaving Jericho on the Friday morning, after a fatiguing journey of six or seven hours, they reach Bethany, where they spend the Sabbath. On Saturday evening Christ sups in the house of Simon the l... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 11:13. IF HAPLY.—If, _after all_—although not the proper time for fruit. Mark 11:17. The marginal rendering is preferable. Mark 11:19. See R. V. Mark 11:23. See R. V. Mark 11:26. MS. authority for retention or omission is about equally divided. _MAIN HOMILE... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 11:27. THE ELDERS.—“The ancient senators or representatives of the people. With the chief priests and scribes they constituted on this occasion a formal deputation from the Sanhedrin. We find the earliest notice of _the elders_ acting in concert as a political bo... [ Continue Reading ]