Mark 9:1
VERILY I SAY ... - See the notes at Matthew 16:28. This verse properly belongs to the preceding chapter and the preceding discourse.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY I SAY ... - See the notes at Matthew 16:28. This verse properly belongs to the preceding chapter and the preceding discourse.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AFTER SIX DAYS ... - See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:3 NO FULLER - Rather, no “scourer.” The office of the person here mentioned was to “scour” or “whiten” cloth; not to “full” it, or to render it thicker. Mark 9:6 HE WIST NOT - He “knew not.” He was desirous... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY SAY THE SCRIBES ... - See the notes at Matthew 17:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:14. Mark 9:14 QUESTIONING WITH THEM - Debating with the disciples, and attempting to confound them. This he saw as he came down from the mount. In his absence they had taken occasion to attempt to perplex and confound his followers. Mark 9:15... [ Continue Reading ]
See the notes at Matthew 17:22. Mark 9:31 IS DELIVERED - Is given to men to make an atonement by his sufferings and death, and will in due time be taken and killed.... [ Continue Reading ]
See the notes at Matthew 18:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE SAW ONE ... - There is no improbability in supposing that this might have been one of the disciples of John, or one of the seventy whom Jesus had sent out, and who, though he did not “personally” attend on Jesus, yet had the power of working miracles. There is no evidence that he was merely an “e... [ Continue Reading ]
FORBID HIM NOT - Do not prevent his doing good. If he can work a miracle in my name, it is sufficient proof of attachment to me, and he should not be prevented. CAN LIGHTLY SPEAK EVIL OF ME - The word here rendered “lightly” means quickly or “immediately.” The meaning of the passage is, that he to w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 “is” a Christian, and therefore from love “to the Saviour.” This is very different from giving it fr... [ Continue Reading ]
See the notes at Matthew 18:7. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44 THEIR WORM - This figure is taken from Isaiah 66:24. See the notes at that passage. In describing the great prosperity. of the kingdom of the Messiah, Isaiah says that the people of God “shall go forth, and look upon the carcasse... [ Continue Reading ]