Mark 10:1-12
1–12. THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE Matthew 19:1-12; Matthew 5:31-32; Luke 16:18... [ Continue Reading ]
1–12. THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE Matthew 19:1-12; Matthew 5:31-32; Luke 16:18... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΠΈΡΑΝ ([2101][2102][2103][2104][2105][2106]) rather than διὰ τοῦ πέραν ([2107][2108][2109][2110][2111]). [2101] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographi... [ Continue Reading ]
ΦΑΡΙΣΑΙ͂ΟΙ ([2112][2113][2114][2115][2116]) rather than οἱ Φαρ. ([2117][2118][2119][2120][2121] ἘΠΗΡΏΤΩΝ ([2122][2123][2124][2125][2126][2127][2128]) rather than ἐπηρώτησαν ([2129][2130][2131][2132][2133]). [2112] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, fr... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ. He answers their thoughts as well as their words, and Himself makes the appeal to Moses. Mt., with less probability, represents Him as allowing them to make the first appeal to what Moses commanded (ἐνετείλατο). See on Mark 12:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΈΤΡΕΨΕΝ. First with emphasis; “suffered,” “permitted.” The right of divorce was established by custom, and “Moses” takes it for granted (Leviticus 21:7; Leviticus 21:14; Leviticus 22:13; Numbers 30:9); but in certain cases the right might be forfeited (Deuteronomy 22:19; Deuteronomy 22:29). In Deu... [ Continue Reading ]
5. [2134][2135][2136][2137][2138] omit ἀποκριθείς. Cf. Mark 10:20; Mark 10:29; Mark 5:9; Mark 7:6; Mark 11:29; Mark 11:33; Mark 12:17. [2134] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ ([2139][2140][2141][2142][2143]) rather than αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός ([2144][2145][2146][2147][2148]) or ὁ θεός ([2149][2139] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Phot... [ Continue Reading ]
7. [2150][2151][2152], Syr-Sin. omit καὶ προσκολληθήσεται … αὐτοῦ. [2150] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2151] Codex Vaticanus... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΣΟΝΤΑΙ … ΕἸΣ. Cf. Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 8:10, and see on 2 Corinthians 6:18. ὭΣΤΕ ΟΥ̓ΚΈΤΙ ΕἸΣΊΝ. For the constr. cf. Mark 2:28; John 3:16; etc. The indic. after ὥστε states an actual result.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὅ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ΣΥΝΈΖΕΥΞΕΝ. God did not do this by uttering the words quoted in Mark 10:7; they are Adam’s words, although Mt. assigns them to God. But God has made possible and has sanctioned a relationship between man and woman which is more binding than even that which exists between parent and ch... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΟἸΚΊΑΝ ([2153][2154][2155][2156][2157][2158]) rather than ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ([2159][2160][2161][2162][2163][2164]). ΠΕΡῚ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ ([2165][2166][2167][2168][2169][2170]) rather than περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ([2171][2172][2173][2174] etc.). ἘΠΗΡΏΤΩΝ ([2175][2176][2177][2178][2179][2180]) rather than ἐπηρώτησαν... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΟΙΧΑ͂ΤΑΙ ἘΠʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΉΝ. _Committeth adultery against her_. In answering the Pharisees it sufficed to point out that, from a higher point of view than that of the Mosaic Law, divorce was a falling away from the ideal of marriage set before mankind at the Creation, an ideal which ought to be restored. I... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΥ̓ΤῊ�. ἌΝΔΡΑ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ ([2187][2188][2189][2190][2191]) rather than γυνὴ�. ἄν. αὐτῆς καί ([2192][2193][2194][2195][2196]). [2187] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΕΤΊΜΗΣΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ([2197][2198][2199][2200][2201][2202]) rather than ἐπετίμων τοῖς προσφἑρουσιν ([2203][2204][2205][2206][2207][2208]). [2197] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, end... [ Continue Reading ]
13–16. CHRIST BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17... [ Continue Reading ]
14. [2209][2210][2211][2212][2213][2214][2215][2216] omit καί before μὴ κωλύετε. [2209] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Pho... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΜῊΝ ΛΈΓΩ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. This solemn warning, “the final lesson of His ministry in Galilee” (Swete), is omitted by Mt., who has recorded similar words Matthew 18:3, but without the important δέξηται, which implies that the Kingdom is _offered_. “Receiving the Kingdom” means accepting the rule and sovereignt... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΤΕΥΛΌΓΕΙ ΤΙΘΕῚΣ Τ. Χ. ἘΠʼ ΑΥ̓ΤᾺ ([2217][2218][2219][2220][2221]) rather than τιθεὶς τ. χ. ἐπʼ αὐτὰ εὐλόγει ([2222][2223][2224][2225][2226]). [2217] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΚΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΟΥ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. _As He was going out_ of the house in which He had welcomed the children. Mk alone has this detail, and that the rich man ran and prostrated himself. The action indicates youthful impulsiveness; he is quite in earnest (cf. Mark 1:40; Mark 5:22); he has perhaps just heard of Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
17–31. THE RICH MAN’S QUESTION; CHRIST’S ANSWER AND COMMENTS Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΊ ΜΕ ΛΈΓΕΙΣ�; There can be no emphasis on the enclitic με, which is in all three, but Mt. has τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ�; This does not fit the original question, for the rich man had not asked about “the good.” Nor does it fit what follows, for εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ� ought logically to be ἓν ἐστὶν τὸ�. Mt. has... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤᾺΣ ἘΝΤΟΛᾺΣ ΟἾΔΑΣ. It is not difficult to know God’s will, He has shown all men the way to eternal life. Mt. gives this interpretation of Christ’s words as having been actually spoken; “If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.” See on Mark 8:29, where Mt. expands Christ’s question an... [ Continue Reading ]
20. [2227][2228][2229][2230] omit ἀποκριθείς Cf. Mark 10:5. [2227] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2228] Codex Vaticanus. 4th c... [ Continue Reading ]
21. [2231][2232][2233][2234][2235][2236] omit ἄρας τὸν σταυρόν, from Mark 8:34. [2231] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2232] Co... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΤΥΓΝΆΣΑΣ … ΛΥΠΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ. Cf. Genesis 4:5. All three record the grief, but Mk alone has στυγνάσας, for which Mt. and Lk. have ἀκούσας. He was gloomy and sullen with a double disappointment; no perilous exploit was required of him, but he was asked to part with what he valued most. With a lowering look... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΕΡΙΒΛΕΨΆΜΕΝΟΣ. This again points to an eye-witness; see on Mark 3:5. It is not a concentrated look directed to one person (Mark 10:21), but a glance round the faces of His followers, to judge how this conversation had affected them, and to intimate that He has something to say. ΔΥΣΚΌΛΩΣ. Εἰ δὲ πλού... [ Continue Reading ]
24. [2237][2238][2239], k omit πεποιθότας ἐπὶ τοῖς χρήμασιν. [2237] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2238] Codex Vaticanus. 4th... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΙΕΛΘΕΙ͂Ν ([2240][2241][2242][2243]) rather than εἰσελθεῖν ([2244][2245][2246][2247][2248][2249][2250]), which is an assimilation to what follows. [2240] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡῸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ([2251][2252][2253][2254][2255]) rather than πρὸς ἑαυτούς ([2256][2257][2258][2259][2260][2261]). [2251] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photograph... [ Continue Reading ]
27. [2262][2263][2264][2265] omit δέ after ἐμβλέψας. [2262] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2263] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., b... [ Continue Reading ]
ἬΡΞΑΤΟ Ὁ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ. The asyndeton harmonizes with the Apostle’s outburst; cf. Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰωάνης (Mark 9:38). [2436][2437][2438][2439] have neither καί ([2440] nor δέ ([2441][2442][2443]). “Then” (A.V.) has no authority. [2436] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monast... [ Continue Reading ]
29. [2266][2267][2268], as in Mark 10:5; Mark 10:20, omit ἀποκριθείς. [2269][2270][2271] have Ἢ ΜΗΤΈΡΑ Ἢ ΠΑΤΈΡΑ. [2272][2273][2274][2275] omit ἢ γυναῖκα, from Lk. [2266] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersbu... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘᾺΝ ΜῊ ΛΆΒΗΙ. “Without receiving,” or _but he shall receive_ (A.V., R.V.). The construction is imperfect. ΝΥ͂Ν ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΑΙΡΩ͂Ι ΤΟΎΤΩΙ. Mk’s characteristic fullness again, as in Mark 1:32; Mark 1:35; Mark 1:42; Mark 2:23; Mark 2:25, etc. Lk. omits νῦν, Mt. omits the whole. Here καιρὸς is preferred to... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΛΛΟῚ ΔῈ ἚΣΟΝΤΑΙ. Lk. gives this Saying at an earlier point (Mark 13:30); it was probably uttered more than once, and it is capable of more than one application. Many who think that they have earned much will be disappointed, and many who think that they have earned little will be surprised, as the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ΔῈ� ([2276][2277][2278][2279][2280][2281]) rather than καὶ�. ([2282][2283][2284][2285][2286]). _Cf._ Mark 7:24. Wrede (_Messiasgeheimnis_, pp. 96, 275) would omit καὶ ἐθαμβοῦντο. Some Old Latin texts seem to have omitted either ἐθαμβοῦντο or ἐφοβοῦντο. [2276] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discover... [ Continue Reading ]
32–34. THE LAST PREDICTION OF THE PASSION Matthew 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΑΡΑΔΟΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. In all three; see on Mark 9:31. Mk here has more detail than either Mt. or Lk., but nothing which is not in either Mt. or Lk. That the Sanhedrin will “hand Him over to the heathen” almost reveals that He will be crucified (John 18:31-32), for “the heathen” could only mean the Romans.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΜΠΤΎΣΟΥΣΙΝ … ΜΑΣΤΙΓΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ ([2287][2288][2289][2290][2291]) rather than μαστ … ἐμπτ. ([2292][2293][2294][2295][2296]). ΜΑΤᾺ ΤΡΕΙ͂Σ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ([2297][2298][2299][2300][2301][2302]) rather than τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ([2303][2304][2305][2306][2307]). Cf. Mark 8:31; Mark 9:31. [2287] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent.... [ Continue Reading ]
35. [2308][2309][2310][2311][2312][2313] have ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι after λέφοντες. [2308] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911. [2309] Codex Vatica... [ Continue Reading ]
35–45. THE REQUEST OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE Matthew 20:20-28. Cf. Luke 22:25... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΕ ΠΟΙΉΣΩ ([2314]a[2315][2316]) or ΠΟΙΉΣΩ ([2317][2318] rather than ποιῆσαί με ([2319][2320][2321][2322][2323]). [2314] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photogr... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΡΙΣΤΕΡΩ͂Ν ([2324][2325][2326][2327]) rather than εὐωνύμων ([2328][2329][2330][2331][2332][2333][2334][2335]). [2324] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἢ ΤῸ ΒΆΠΤΙΣΜΑ ([2336][2337][2338][2339][2340][2341][2342]) rather than καὶ τὸ βάπτ. ([2343][2344]3[2345][2346][2347]). [2336] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. P... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΥΝΆΜΕΘΑ. The bold answer is the same in both Gospels; but A.V. suggests a difference, “We are able” (Mt.), “We can” (Mk); and so also in the preceding question. ΠΊΕΣΘΕ … ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΉΣΕΣΘΕ. As in the case of the rich man (Mark 10:20-21), Christ does not question the estimate which James and John have fo... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΞ ΕΥ̓ΩΝΎΜΩΝ. Omens from the left hand were _sinister_, but they were euphemistically called “of good name” to avert ill fortune; εὐωνύμων = ἀριστερῶν (Mark 10:37). The former is more freq. in N.T., but the latter is far more freq. in LXX. ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ἘΜῸΝ ΔΟΥ͂ΝΑΙ. Cf. οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται (Mark 9:37). Th... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΓΑΝΑΚΤΕΙ͂Ν. Cf. Mark 10:14. Christ had already rebuked the spirit of ambition and jealousy in the Twelve (Mark 9:35), but it was not extinguished; and the other ten are indignant with the two brothers for trying to get special promotion for themselves. We do not, however, read of the nine being ind... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΕΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΥ̓Τ. Ὁ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ ([2348][2349][2350][2351][2352][2353]) rather than ὁ δὲ Ἰ. πρ. αὐτ. ([2354][2355][2356][2357]). See on Mark 1:14. [2348] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΣΤΙΝ ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ([2358][2359][2360][2361][2362][2363][2364][2365]), rather than ἔσται ἐν ὑμ. ([2366][2367]3[2368][2369][2370][2371]). [2358] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending a... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΣ … ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΣ. An advance on the previous paradox; supremacy is more than greatness, and slavery is more than service. The higher the rights, the greater the duties. Cf. 1 Corinthians 9:19, and see on 2 Corinthians 4:5. We infer that there are differences of rank in the Kingdom; Matthew 5:19; Ma... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΓΆΡ. “And what is more”; giving an additional reason for what has just been stated. Here the contrast between the two systems is at a maximum. In inaugurating the Messianic Kingdom the Messiah Himself renders service rather than receives it, and gives His labour and His life for His subjects. He... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΥΦΛῸΣ ΠΡΟΣΑΊΤΗΣ ἘΚΆΘΗΤΟ ΠΑΡᾺ ΤῊΝ ὉΔΌΝ ([2372][2373][2374][2375][2376]) rather than ὁ τυφλὸς ἐκάθ. π. τ. ὁδ. προσαιτῶν ([2377][2378]2[2379][2380][2381]). [2372] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The w... [ Continue Reading ]
46–52. BLIND BARTIMAEUS RESTORED TO SIGHT Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43... [ Continue Reading ]
ΝΑΖΑΡΗΝΌΣ ([2382][2383][2384][2385]) rather than Ναζωραῖος ([2386][2387][2388][2389][2390]). [2382] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Gospel, ending at Ma... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΕΤΊΜΩΝ. It was the crowd in front of Jesus who did this (Lk.); they wanted to silence him before Jesus came up. Like the disciples with the Syrophoenician woman (Matthew 15:23), they resented the ceaseless importunity; and like the disciples with those who brought their children (Mark 10:13), they... [ Continue Reading ]
ΦΩΝΉΣΑΤΕ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ ([2391][2392][2393][2394][2395]) rather than αὐτὸν φωνηθῆναι ([2396][2397][2398][2399][2400]). [2391] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photograp... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΝΑΠΗΔΉΣΑΣ ([2401][2402][2403][2404][2405][2406]) rather than ἀναστάς ([2407][2408][2409][2410]). [2401] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. Photographic facsimile... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ. Answering the man’s action. See on Mark 9:5. ΤΊ ΣΟΙ ΘΈΛΕΙΣ ΠΟΙΉΣΩ; Not here, any more than in Mark 10:36, is Christ giving _carte blanche_ (Godet) to have anything that may be desired. The man’s persistency has shown that he has faith enough, and Jesus now lets the bystanders who would h... [ Continue Reading ]
ἨΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ([2411][2412][2413][2414][2415][2416][2417]) rather than ἠκ. τῷ Ἰησοῦ. See on Mark 5:13; Mark 12:41. [2411] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mark 16:8. P... [ Continue Reading ]