Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Mark 1:7
The more men receive of the illuminating and purifying influences of the Holy Spirit, the more humble will be their views of themselves, and the more exalted their views of the Redeemer.
The more men receive of the illuminating and purifying influences of the Holy Spirit, the more humble will be their views of themselves, and the more exalted their views of the Redeemer.
Verse Mark 1:7. _THE LATCHET OF WHOSE SHOES_] The _shoe_ of the ancients was properly only a _sole_ tied round the foot and ankle with _strings_ or _thongs_. Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:11....
See the notes at Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:11....
PART I. THE SERVANT; WHO HE IS AND HOW HE CAME Chapter 1:1-13 __ 1. The Servant, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1 .) 2. His coming promised and announced. (Mark 1:2. Matthew 3:1;...
A brief introductory section showing how the work of John the Baptist, and the baptism and temptation of Jesus, led up to the ministry in Galilee. MARK 1:1 is perhaps best taken as the title to the w...
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (Mark 1:1-4)...
And the whole country of Judea went out to him, and so did all the people of Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the River Jordan, while they confessed their sins. John was clad in a garment o...
THERE COMETH ONE. He Who eometh [is]. AFTER. behind; as to time. Not the same as in Mark 1:14. LATCHET. thong. SHOES. sandals, To unloose the sandals of another was. proverbial expression. Figure o...
_cometh_ present tense. With prophetic foresight the Baptist sees Him already come and in the midst. _latchet_ diminutive of _latch_, like the Fr. _lacet_dim. of _lace_, comes from the Latin _laqueus_...
Mark 1:1-8. The Preaching and Baptism of John The object of St Mark is to relate _the official life and ministry_of our Lord. He therefore begins with His baptism, and first relates, as introductory...
ἘΚΉΡΥΣΣΕΝ. Mk alone has this imperf. of continued action, which fits on well to ἦν ἐνδεδ. κ. ἔσθων. Mt., Lk. and Jn have aorists of other verbs. By some John was believed to be the Messiah, and this c...
1–8. PREPARATORY MINISTRY OF THE BAPTIZER Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-6. Cf. John 1:6-31...
Ver 4. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all ba...
THE BEGINNING FACTS OF THE GOSPEL MARK ONE Mark moves quickly to set before his readers many of the beginning facts of the good news of Jesus Christ, God's Son. (Mark 1:1) The good news or gospel of J...
ΈΚΉΡΥΣΣΕΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Mark 1:4. ΛΈΓΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΈΡΧΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить. _Praes._ имеет оттенок немедленного дейс...
I. THE PREPARATION PERIOD 1:1-13 A. THE MISSION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 1:1-11. _TEXT 1:1-11_ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet. Beh...
_JOHN DID BAPTIZE IN THE WILDERNESS, AND PREACH THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
2-3 Compare Mal_3:1; Isa_40:3; Mat_3:3; Luk_3:4-6; Joh_1:15-23. 4-8 Compare Mat_3:1-12; Luk_3:1-18. 4 John the baptist was the son of a priest, so that he was entitled to exercise the priestly office...
BAPTISM OF JESUS. BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY 1-8. Appearance of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:1). See on Mt and Lk. St. Mark's Gospel, being based on the reminiscences of Peter, begins with the...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. ABOUT MARK’S BOOK The Bible has 4 books about Jesus’ life. They are called the Books of Mat...
THERE COMETH ONE MIGHTIER THAN I. — See Note on Matthew 3:11; but note the slight difference — not, as there, “whose shoes I am not worthy to bear,” but “the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to...
CHAPTER 1:7-11 (MARK 1:7) AT THE JORDAN "And he preached, saying, There cometh after me He that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I baptized yo...
Mark 1:5-8; Mark 1:5 describes the widespread character of the movement much as in Mt., only that Judaea comes before Jerusalem, and the district of the Jordan is not mentioned....
καὶ ἐκήρυσσεν, introducing a special and very important part of his _kerygma: inter alia_ he kept saying anxious to prevent men from forming a wrong impression of his position. This is what makes ment...
_The appearance and ministry of the Baptist_ (Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-18)....
THE BEGINNING OF JESUS' MINISTRY Mark 1:1-20 _The ministry of John the Baptist,_ Mark 1:1-8. Always the message of John precedes that of Jesus Christ; first the changed attitude of the will, then fai...
The introductory words of this Gospel according to Mark are characterized by brevity. Mark at once announces his theme, "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God," and then in rapid...
(3) And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to (e) stoop down and unloose. (3) John and all ministers cast their eyes upon Christ t...
One mightier than I. The precursor [St. John the Baptist] does not yet openly declare our Lord to be the Son of God, but only one mightier than himself. The Jews were not prepared to receive his comin...
CHAPTER 5 THE BAPTISM WHICH JESUS GIVES CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF JOHN Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:7-8; Luke 3:16. “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but the One coming after me is more powerful...
HEALING OF PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:2-34; & Luke 14:3-35 Mark: “And immediately coming out of the synagogue? came into the house of Simon and Andrew and James and John. The mother...
THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; (2) As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. (3) The voice o...
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...
The message is new at least in the absolute and complete character it assumes, and in its direct and immediate application. It was not the Jewish privileges which should be obtained by repenting and r...
AND PREACHED, SAYING, THERE COMETH ONE MIGHTIER THAN I AFTER ME,.... From whence it appears, that John was a preacher of Jesus Christ; of the dignity of his person, the excellency of his office, and t...
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Ver. 7. _I am not worthy_] So Jacob cried out of old. So the cen...
_There went out to him all Judea_, &c. So disposed were the people to receive his baptism. See note on Matthew 3:5. _The latchet of whose shoes_, &c. That is, whose servant I am not worthy to be, or t...
AND PREACHED, SAYING, THERE COMETH ONE MIGHTIER THAN I AFTER ME, THE LATCHET OF WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO STOOP DOWN AND UNLOOSE....
John's appearance and message of Christ:...
This beginning is not that ofJohn 1:1, which speaks of the Lord's eternal existence "with God," and as being God; nor is it that of creation (Genesis 1:1), but of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son o...
TITLE: John Preached Jesus TEXT: Mark 1:1-8 PROPOSITION: John the Baptizer preached Jesus. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Messages SCRIPTURE READING: Same JOHN THE BAPTIZER - 1-6 1. The gospel (good news)...
Ver. 7,8. We had the same, with very little difference in the phrase in Matthew. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 3:11"....
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II As a witness for simplicity in shoes let John suffice, who avowed that "he was not worthy to unloose the latchet of the Lord's shoes."[252] Clement of Al...
Mark 1:7 And G2532 preached G2784 (G5707) saying G3004 (G5723) comes G2064 (G5736) after G3694 me...
THE PREPARATION (1:1-8)....
THE BEGINNING (1:1-13). Mark commences his Gospel by referring to the new ‘Beginning', and to the herald who introduced Jesus in accordance with Scripture. This herald was a successful preacher and p...
SECTION 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS MINISTRY (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant (Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 61:1...
SECTION 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS MINISTRY (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant (Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 61:1...
‘And he preached, saying, “There comes after me he who is mightier than I, the fastening of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose”.' The unfastening of sandals was work regularly a tas...
The Evangelist, intending to narrate our Lord's ministry without dwelling upon the earlier part of His life, prefaces the whole with a _title_ (Mark 1:1), which is followed by a reference to the preac...
Mark 1:7. THERE COMETH HE THAT IS _,_ etc. The English version does not give the definite idea of the original. The denunciation and warning recorded by Matthew (Matthew 3:7-12) and Luke (Luke 3:7-14)...
MIGHTIER THAN I (ο ισχυροτερος μου). In each of the Synoptics. Gould calls it a skeptical depreciation of himself by John. But it was sincere on John's part and he gives a reason for it.THE LATCHET...
Mark 1 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human experie...
CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism and temptation of Jesus and His first Galilean ministry. Demons cast out, sickness healed, leprosy cured. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the...
Mark 1:1. _The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God._ This commencement is laconic, beautiful, and perspicuous. Several Greek authors begin their books in this independent way. It a...
THE MAN WHO WILL COME AFTER ME. See note on Matthew 3:11. BUT HE WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. See note on Matthew 3:11....
_There cometh one mightier than I after me._ CHRIST MIGHTIER THAN THE BAPTIST This not then apparent. As the two met on the banks of the Jordan it appeared the reverse: John the embodiment of mature...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 1:7 The one for whom John is preparing the way (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1) will baptiz
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 1:1 Introduction. Mark begins his account with the public ministry of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus. ⇐...
JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY FOR JESUS MATTHEW 3:1-12; MARK 1:2-8; LUKE 3:2-18; MATTHEW 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist,...
COMMENTARY upon THE GOSPEL OF S. MARK. _______. _______ INTRODUCTION. " MARK," says S. Jerome in his _Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers_, "was a disciple and interpreter of S. Peter. At the req...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 1:1. BEGINNING.—For best commentary on this see Luke 16:16. Law and prophets ended with John, who heralded new _régime_. GOSPEL.—Good tidings, from God to man, of...
EXPOSITION MARK 1:1 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. These words mean, not the title of the book, but the commencement of the narrative; and so they depend upon what follows, namely, "as...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel. Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified, perhaps about twelve years old. So, the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received from li...
Acts 13:25; John 1:27; John 3:28; Luke 3:16; Luke 7:6;...
Mightier than I [η ο ι σ χ υ ρ ο τ ε ρ ο σ μ ο υ]. In each of the Synoptics. Gould calls it a skeptical depreciation of himself by John. But it was sincere on John's part and he gives a reason for it....
JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD Mark 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the opening statement of Mark's Gospel. There are some who vainly contend that the Gospel of Mark has nothing to say about...
The latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose — That is, to do him the very meanest service....
Observe here, 1. The high opinion that the Baptist had of Christ. HE IS MIGHTIER THAN I; that is,. Person of greater dignity and excellency by far than myself: whence may be gathered, that though Chri...