Have salt in yourselves
(εχετε εν εαυτοις αλα). Jesus had once called them the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13) and had warned them against losing the saltness of the salt. If it is αναλον, nothing canseason
(αρτυω) it and it is of no use to season anything else. It is like an exploded shell, a burnt-out crater, a spent force. This is a warning for all Christians.
Verse Mark 9:50. _IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SALTNESS_] Matthew 5:13. _HAVE SALT IN YOURSELVES_] See that ye have at all times the _preserving_ principle of Divine grace in your hearts, and give that...
See the notes at Matthew 18:7. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44 THEIR WORM - This figure is taken from...
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...
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...
Everyone must be salted with fire, Salt is good, but, if the salt has become saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and so live at peace with each other. These three verses...
BUT IF, &c. Figure of speech _Paraoemia_ (App-6). LOST HIS SALTNESS. become saltless. WHEREWITH. with (Greek. _en._ App-104.) what. Compare Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34. SEASON IT?. restore it? IN. wi...
_Salt is good_ in its kind and its effect, as preserving from corruption. _have lost_ "It was the belief of the Jews that salt would by exposure to the air lose its virtue (Matthew 5:13) and become s...
41–50. RESULTS OF HELPING AND OF HINDERING THE CAUSE OF CHRIST Matthew 18:6-9; Luke 17:1-2; Luke 14:34...
ΚΑΛῸΝ ΤῸ ἍΛΑΣ. _A fine thing is the salt_. Here τὸ ἅλας is passing in meaning from the Divine to the human; in the next clause it is wholly human. _Nihil utilius sale et sole_ (Plin. _H.N._ XXXI. ix....
Ver 43. "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44. Where their wo...
_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...
ΆΛΑΣ (G217) соль, крупица соли, ΆΝΑΛΟΣ (G358) несоленый, ΓΈΝΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.), см._ Mark 9:3. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, которое предполагает возможность условия, ΆΡΤΎΣΕΤΕ _...
DISCOURSE: 1437 CHRISTIANS TO HAVE SALT IN THEMSELVES Mark 9:49. _Every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltn...
BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST, &C.— _But if the salt is become insipid._ See on Matthew 5:13 and on Leviticus 2:13. The ancients looked upon salt, as the symbol of _friendship and peace;_ in reference to...
_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...
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...
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. SALT IS GOOD; BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SALTNESS -...
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...
ON OFFENCES (Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:1). See on Mt....
SALT _is_ GOOD] 'Divine grace is good, but if the divine grace given to you as Christians dies, owing to your neglect to use it, how will you revive it? Preserve and make due use of the divine grace g...
THE TRANSFIGURATION. AN EPILEPTIC HEALED. PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH 2-8. The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28). 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...
sets forth the other great truth: salting in the form of self-discipline _indispensable_. καλὸν τὸ ἅλας, an excellent thing is salt; a most seasonable truth just then. What follows seems less so, as i...
_Salting inevitable and indispensable_. These verses appear only in Mk. as part of this discourse. The _logion_ in Mark 9:50 corresponds to Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34-35....
_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...
SAVED WITH FIRE Mark 9:49-50. _“For every one shall be salted with fire.”_ The E.V. adds the clause, _“and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt,”_ which does not appear in the original, evidently...
_ REFLECTIONS._ LORD JESUS! While I read thy gracious promise, at the opening of this Chapter, to some of thy faithful ones; who, according to what was then said, did not taste death till they had se...
(49) For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. (50) Salt _is_ good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in your...
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...
_PURITY AND PEACE_ ‘Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.’ Mark 9:50 I. LET US MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HEARTS THE SAVING GRACE of the Holy Ghost, sanctifying, purifying,...
Mark 9:50._Have salt in yourselves _This word may be taken in a different sense from what it had in the former verse, as meaning that seasoning of good odor, which is obtained by faith, or rather the...
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...
SALT IS GOOD,.... To make meat savoury, and keep flesh from corrupting; and so is the grace of God, to season men's hearts, make their discourse savoury, and preserve them from the corruption of sin:...
Salt _is_ good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Ver. 50. _Salt is good_] Nature hath prudently mingled s...
_For every one shall be salted with fire_ These words seem to refer to the preceding, respecting the punishment of those who will not cut off the offending members, which render them obnoxious to futu...
WHEREWITH WILL YE SEASON IT? the man from whose soul the salt of God's grace has perished, is fit only to be salted with the fire of his wrath. Compare Matthew 5:13. HAVE SALT IN YOURSELVES; secure t...
SALT IS GOOD; BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SALTNESS, WHEREWITH WILL YE SEASON IT? HAVE SALT IN YOURSELVES, AND HAVE PEACE ONE WITH ANOTHER. Christ here mentions some other members that are very apt t...
The conclusion of Christ's discourse:...
TITLE: Salted with Fire TEXT: Mark 9:49-50 PROPOSITION: Salt preserves even the wicked. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Categories READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Salt preserves, flavors and purifies. 2....
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 met with the former part of this verse: SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 5:13". In that text he compared his disciples, whether preachers or others, to salt, because by their doctrine, and holy life and examp...
Mark 9:50 Salt G217 good G2570 but G1161 if G1437 salt G217 loses G1096 (G5638) flavor G358 how...
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...
A WARNING AGAINST CAUSING THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM TO STUMBLE (9:42-50). Having spoken of what acting in His Name regularly involved, Jesus now gives a warning to those who act against His Name. Not a...
“Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltness with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.” Jesus then replies to the possible objection which could...
Mark 9:49-50. These verses, which have no parallel, form the most difficult passage in this Gospel. The difficulty is perhaps lessened, by following the most ancient authorities and omitting the secon...
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...
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?
SALT IS GOOD. See note on Matthew 5:13. HAVE SALT IN YOURSELVES. The spirit of self-sacrifice and humility [which "salting with fire" helps produce]. This would allow them to be at peace with one anot...
_Salt is good._ HAVE SALT IN YOURSELVES This is only another form of exhorting Christians to have strength of character as Christians. But since a strong character, in the spiritual as in the natura...
A PINCH OF SALT Ye are the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13. Have salt in yourselves. Mark 9:50. If someone were to tell you that you might have either sugar or salt but not both, which would you ch...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 9:50 LOST ITS SALTINESS. See note on Luke 14:34. ⇐...
JESUS WARNS AGAINST TEMPTATION MATTHEW 18:7-9; MARK 9:43-50; MATTHEW 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comet...
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 9:42. OFFEND.—_Lay a trap for_. See on chap. Mark 6:3. Mark 9:42. IT IS BETTER FOR HIM.—_A happy thing it is for him rather_. Cp....
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 Peter 3:8; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; Colossians 3:12;...
Have lost its saltness [α ν α λ ο ν γ ε ν η τ α ι]. Lit., may have become saltless. Compare on Matthew 5:13. Will ye season [α ρ τ υ σ ε τ ε]. Lit., will ye restore. Compare Colossians 4:5....
Such salt is good indeed; highly beneficial to the world, in respect of which I have termed you the salt of the earth. But if the salt which should season others, have lost its own saltness, wherewith...
Our blessed Saviour here compares Christians in general, and his ministers in particular, unto salt, for. double reason. First, Because it is the nature of salt to preserve things from corruption and...