Hardness of heart and blindness of mind are often found to a great extent in the disciples of Christ; and were it not for his continual intercession, and the rich blessings of his Spirit, they would fall away and perish.
See this passage explained in Matthew 16:1. Mark 8:12 SIGHED DEEPLY IN HIS SPIRIT - His heart was deeply affected at their wickedness and hypocrisy. The word “spirit” here is taken as the seat of the...
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The feeding of the Four Thousand. (Mark 8:1. Matthew 15:32) 2. The Pharisees ask a sign. (Mark 8:10 .Matthew 16:1
THE BLINDNESS OF THE DISCIPLES REBUKED. This is a difficult paragraph. Mark 8:15 contains a genuine utterance of Jesus which does not necessarily belong to its present context. Lk. gives it in another...
They had forgotten to bring loaves, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, "Look to it! Beware of the evil influence of the Pharisees and of the evil influence of Herod...
COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...
KNEW. App-132. WHY REASON YE. ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), emphasizing the seven questions of verses: Mark 8:17; Mark 8:18. Compare Mark 8:12 and...
_yet hardened_ as on the former occasion, the walking on the sea (Mark 6:52)....
17. [1645][1646][1647][1648][1649][1650] omit ἔτι. [1645] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whol...
14–21. THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND THE LEAVEN OF HEROD Matthew 16:5. Cf. Luke 12:1...
Ver 10. And straightway He entered into a ship with His disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with Him, seeking of Him a sign from h...
_JESUS IS OUR POWERFUL LORD -- MARK 8:1-21:_ The multitudes of people still followed Jesus. Great leaders always train others. Therefore, Jesus did much of what He did through His apostles. He had pit...
ΓΝΟΎΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Part. _temp._/причины, ΟΎΠΩ (G3768) пока не. ΝΟΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΝΟΈΩ (G3539) понимать, воспринимать, ΣΥΝΊΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΊΗΜ...
HEART YET HARDENED?— _Still insensible._ Heylin....
5. WARNING AGAINST THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES. 8:14-21 _TEXT 8:14-21_ And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed...
_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...
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? AND WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE SAITH UNTO...
31-37 Compare Mat_15:29-31. 32 The meeting with the Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia suggests a phase of kingdom service for which Israel, in our Lord's day, was utterly incapable. In Jehovah's day the L...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HEALING OF A BLIND MAN. CONFESSION OF PETER 1-10. Feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32). See on Mt....
A WARNING AGAINST THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND OF HEROD (Matthew 16:4). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 FOOD FOR 4000 PEOPLE VERSES 1-10 Jesus gave food to a large crowd that did not h...
CHAPTER 8:11-21 (MARK 8:11) THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES "And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with Him, seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him. And He sighed deeply in His spi...
γνοὺς : He does notice, however, and administers a sharp rebuke for _their_ preoccupation with mere temporalities, as if there were nothing higher to be thought of than _bread_. πεπωρωμένην, in a hard...
_Warning against evil leavens_ (Matthew 16:4-12)....
THE DEMAND FOR SIGNS REBUKED Mark 8:1-21 Notice the Master's tender considerateness, Mark 8:1-9. He would not have the people faint on their way home. There are distinct differences between this mira...
This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The wa...
PHARISAIC LEAVEN Matthew 16:4-12; Mark 8:13-21. _“Leaving them, embarking again in a ship, He departed to the other side.”_ This voyage was from Magdala, on the northwest coast, over to the region of...
(13) And he left them, and entering into the ship again, departed to the other side. (14) Now _the disciples_ had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. (1...
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...
We shall find in chapter 8 another example of that which we have been noticing. Jesus leads the blind man out of the town. He does not forsake Israel wherever there is faith; but He separates the one...
AND WHEN JESUS KNEW IT,.... As he did immediately, by his omniscience; for as he knew the thoughts and reasonings of the Scribes and Pharisees, Matthew 9:4, so he did those of his own disciples: HE S...
And when Jesus knew _it_, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Ver. 17. _Perceive ye not yet_] Christ...
_The disciples had forgotten to take bread_, &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see note on Matthew 16:5. _Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod_ By the leaven of Herod the doctrin...
AND WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY REASON YE BECAUSE YE HAVE NO BREAD? PERCEIVE YE NOT YET, NEITHER UNDERSTAND? HAVE YE YOUR HEART YET HARDENED?...
The reproof of Christ:...
TITLE: Oops! I forgot. TEXT: Mark 8:13-21 PROPOSITION: We forget the wrong things. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Forgets READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Have you ever forgotten anything? Of course. 2. Wen...
11-21 Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lam...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 8:24...
Mark 8:17 But G2532 Jesus G2424 aware G1097 (G5631) said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Why G5101 reason...
‘And Jesus perceiving it says to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not perceive, nor understand? Have you your heart hardened? Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do y...
THE CONVERSATION IN THE BOAT (8:14-21). But the Pharisees and Herodians are not the only blind ones. As attention now turns to the Apostles they too are seen to be lacking in understanding. They are s...
ON the whole section, see notes on Matthew 16:1-12....
Mark 8:17-20. The reproofs here given and the references to the miracles, are somewhat fuller than in the parallel passage; the answers of the disciples about the fragments are preserved, the distinct...
Mark here (vv. Mark 8:17-20) gives six keen questions of Jesus while Matthew 16:8-11 gives as four that really include the six of Mark running some together. The questions reveal the disappointment of...
Mark 8:12 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case was morally suggestive. It must have been one of the great...
Mark 8:1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now b...
CONTENTS: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees...
Mark 8:10. _He came into the parts of Dalmanutha,_ situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12. _There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew...
THE DISCIPLES HAD FORGOTTEN TO BRING ANY EXTRA BREAD. On the lesson which Jesus teaches here, see notes on Matthew 16:5-12. Matthew says "Sadducees" instead of "Herod," Herod was himself a Sadducee, a...
_And they reasoned among themselves._ NINE SHARP AND POINTED QUESTIONS, TURNING THE MINDS OF THE DISCIPLES BACK UPON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE Their reasonings very plainly and painfully proved how very l...
_Seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him._ SEEKING SIGN I. The unreasonableness of this request. 1. In other matters they were not scrupulous of evidence-tradition. 2. They had the signs o...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 8:17 NOT YET PERCEIVE OR UNDERSTAND. While the Pharisees reject Jesus’ teaching outright, the disciples are slow to appreciate it. The figurative reference to EYES and ears
JESUS WARNS AGAINST WRONG TEACHING MATTHEW 16:5-12; MARK 8:14-21; MATTHEW 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread....
CHAPTER 8 1 _Christ feedeth the people miraculously_ : 10 _refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees_ : 14 _admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:17. HARDENED.—_Dulled_. See on chaps. Mark 3:5; Mark 6:52. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 8:13_
EXPOSITION MARK 8:1, MARK 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GRE...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8. Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a...
Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 4:13; Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 5:12; Isaiah 63:17;...
Our Lord here affirms of all the apostles, (for the question is equivalent to an affirmation,) That their hearts were hardened; that having eyes they saw not, having ears they heard not; that they did...