Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Mark 2:17
whole. strove, or able.
no. Greek. ou. App-105. The emph. is on "no need".
the. a.
not. Greek. ou, as above.
the righteous. righteous ones.
to. for. Greek. ois. App-104.
whole. strove, or able.
no. Greek. ou. App-105. The emph. is on "no need".
the. a.
not. Greek. ou, as above.
the righteous. righteous ones.
to. for. Greek. ois. App-104.
Verse 17. _TO REPENTANCE._] This is omitted by ABDKL, twenty-seven others; both the _Syriac, Persic, Coptic, AEthiopic,_ _Armenian, Gothic, Vulgate_; six copies of the _Itala; Euthymius_ and _Augusti...
See the notes at Matthew 9:12....
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...
THE CALL OF LEVI. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS. These two incidents are only loosely connected with each other and with what precedes. The notes of time are of the vaguest. The call of Levi, who is...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
Jesus was sitting at a meal in Levi's house, and many tax-collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many of them, and they sought his company. When the experts i...
15–17. THE FEAST IN LEVI’S HOUSE Matthew 9:10-13; Luke 5:29-32...
[325][326][327][328][329][330][331][332] and versions omit εἰς μετάνοιαν, which comes from Luke 5:32. [325] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Kathar...
Ver 13. And He went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. 14. And as He passed by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the receipt of custo...
_JESUS CHOSE LEVI, A TAX COLLECTOR MARK 2:13-17:_ Next we observe Jesus by the Sea of Galilee. Crowds always came, many to be healed and some to hear and learn. As He walked along He saw Levi, the son...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие: "когда он услышал". ΙΣΧΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΊΣΧΎΩ (G2480) быть сильным, здоровым, хоро...
DISCOURSE: 1419 THE WHOLE AND THE SICK, THE RIGHTEOUS AND SINNERS, DESCRIBED Mark 2:17. _They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, b...
THEY THAT ARE WHOLE— Or, _That are well._...
6. THE CALL OF MATTHEW AND HIS FEAST 2:13-17 _TEXT 2:13-17_ And he went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the s...
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 9:9....
4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
CALL OF LEVI (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...
I CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS. — Closely as the three accounts agree, it is noticeable that here also St. Mark and St. Luke, as writing for Gentile readers, omit the reference which we find in Matt...
(14-17) LEVI THE SON OF ALPHÆUS. — See Notes on Matthew 9:9. St. Mark and St. Luke agree in giving the name Levi, the former alone describes him as the son of Alphæus....
CHAPTER 2:13-17 (MARK 2:13) THE CALL AND FEAST OF LEVI "And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son o...
καλέσαι : to call, suggestive of invitations to a _feast_ (Fritzsche, Meyer, Holtz.), and making for the hypothesis that Jesus, not Matthew, was the real host at the social gathering: the whole plan H...
_Call of Levi, feast following_ (Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32). This incident is not to be conceived as following immediately after that narrated in the foregoing section....
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...
The Greek printed copies, and some manuscripts add _to penance, as we read in Luke v. 33._...
CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...
(13) And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. (14) (11 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the _son_ of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of cust...
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...
Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...
WHEN JESUS HEARD IT, HE SAITH TO THEM,.... Christ either overheard what they said to his disciples, or he heard it from the relation of the disciples; and when he did, he turned to the Scribes and Pha...
When Jesus heard _it_, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Ver. 17. _He saith u...
_And all the multitude resorted unto him_ Namely, _by the sea-side. And he taught them_ As readily there as if he had been in a synagogue. _And as he passed by he saw Levi_, that is, Matthew, _sitting...
Christ eats with publicans. Matthew 9:10-13....
From all the occurrences of life we should endeavor to draw important instruction, and as we have opportunity, should communicate it for the benefit of others....
The reception and dinner:...
WHEN JESUS HEARD IT, HE SAITH UNTO THEM, THEY THAT ARE WHOLE HAVE NO NEED OF THE 'PHYSICIAN, BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK: I CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Matthew was duly elate...
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...
TITLE: Eating with sinners TEXT: Mark 2:13-17 PROPOSITION: As we try to reach the lost we face some real challenges. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Attitudes SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. We fa...
13-17 Matthew was not a good character, or else, being a Jew, he would never have been a publican, that is, a tax-gatherer for the Romans. However, Christ called this publican to follow him. With God...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 2:14...
Epistle of Barnabas But when He chose His own apostles who where to preach His Gospel, [He did so from among those] who were sinners above all sin, that He might show He came "not to call the righteo...
Mark 2:17 When G2532 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) said G3004 (G5719) them G846 well G2480 ...
‘And when Jesus heard it, he says to them, “Those who are whole do not need a medical doctor, only those who are ill. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners”.' When Jesus heard the criticis...
THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN HAS COME TO MAKE MEN WHOLE (2:13-17). The second great statement of this chapter is about the Great Physician, and is introduced by the call of Levi (Matthew). But we are not, of...
Mark 2:15-22. THE FEAST AT LEVI'S HOUSE AND DISCOURSES THERE. _See on Matthew 9:10._...
ON the chronology, see on Matthew 9:2-17. According to the view there defended, the feast and discourse (Mark 2:15-22) occurred some time after the call of Levi, and these verses only, in the first th...
THE RIGHTEOUS (δικαιους). Jesus for the sake of argument accepts the claim of the Pharisees to be righteous, though, as a matter of fact, they fell very far short of it. Elsewhere (Mark 2:23) Jesus...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...
Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...
_They that are whole have no need of the physician._ FOR WHOM IS THE GOSPEL MEANT? I. Even a superficial glance at our Lord’s mission suffices to show that His work was for the sinful. His descent in...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:17 Jesus compares those who are WELL to those who are RIGHTEOUS, and those who are SICK to SINNERS....
JESUS EATS WITH SINNERS AT MATTHEW ' S HOUSE MATTHEW 9:9-13; MARK 2:14-17; LUKE 5:27-32; MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, h
CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:14. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Toll-house_. “Capernaum was the landing-place for the many ships which traversed the lake or coasted from town to town; and this not onl...
EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...
Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...
1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; Acts 20:21;...
They that are whole [ο ι ι σ χ υ ο ν τ ε ς]. Lit., they that are strong. See on Luke 14:30, was not able; and 2 Peter 2:11, power. No need. The Greek order throws the emphasis on these words : No nee...
THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...
HELPERS AND HINDERERS Mark 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Back in Capernaum. Once more we find our Master in the city by the sea. He loved Galilee. So many of His wonderful messages and marvelous mirac...
I came not to call the righteous — Therefore if these were righteous I should not call them. But now, they are the very persons I came to save....