Verse 19. _CAN THE CHILDREN OF THE BRIDE - CHAMBER FAST WHILE THE_ _BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM?_] Among the _Hindoos_, large parties of friends, belonging both to the bride and bridegroom, attend on both...
See the notes at Matthew 9:15....
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 QUESTION OF FASTING. Both the followers of John and the Pharisees agree in the practice of fasting to express repentance. Jesus called men into an experience of joy, surely the joy of forgiveness....
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
The disciples of John were in the habit of fasting, as were the Pharisees. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while your disciples do not...
_the children of the bridechamber_ i. e. the friends and companions of the bridegroom, who accompanied him to the house of the bride for the marriage. Comp. Judges 14:11. _the bridegroom_ He reminds t...
ΜῊ ΔΎΝΑΝΤΑΙ; Like _num_, μή expects a negative reply. Blass § 75. 2; Winer, p. 641; cf. Mark 4:21; Matthew 26:25; Luke 6:39. In John 4:29;...
18–22. THE QUESTION OF FASTING Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39 Mt. is not wholly in agreement with Mk, but the discrepancy need not trouble us. It does not matter who put the question, or whether it ar...
Ver 18. And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?" 19. And Jesus...
_PEOPLE ASK ABOUT FASTING MARK 2:18-22:_ Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Fasting was not a command...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Mark 2:9. ΜΉ (G3361) используется в вопросе, на который ожидается отр. ответ, ΝΥΜΦΏΝ (G3566) брачный чертог; ΥΙΟΊ ΤΟΎ ΝΥΜΦΏΝΟΣ относится либо к друзьям жениха, либо к гос...
7. DISPUTE ABOUT FASTING 2:18-22. _TEXT: 2:18-22_ And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast,...
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? For the exposition,...
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....
THE CONTROVERSY ON FASTING (Matthew 9:14; Luke 5:33). 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...
(18-22) AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN.... USED TO FAST. — Better, _were fasting._ See Notes on Matthew 9:14. The only difference in detail between the two accounts is that in St. Matthew the disciples of...
μὴ δύνανται etc.: the question answers itself, and is allowed to do so in Mt. and Lk. Mk. at the expense of style answers it formally in the negative. ὅσον χρόνον, etc. For all this the Syriac Vulgate...
_Fasting_ (Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39)....
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...
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...
(18) And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (19) And Jesus sai...
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...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,.... Both to John's disciples and the Pharisees, CAN THE CHILDREN OF THE BRIDE CHAMBER FAST, WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM? Suggesting that he was the bridegroom, as John...
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. Ver. 19. _While the bridegroom...
_The disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast_ The evangelist here relates another occurrence, which happened while Jesus was in Levi's house, and bore some resemblance to the former. But o...
Disciples fasting. Matthew 9:14-17....
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, CAN THE CHILDREN OF THE BRIDE CHAMBER FAST WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM? AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THEM, THEY CANNOT FAST....
A question of fasting:...
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: Why Fast TEXT: Mark 2:18-20 PROPOSITION: There are right and wrong reasons to fast. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Reasons SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Difference noted - John fasts, you...
18-22 Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; bu...
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Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes And the Lord Jesus Christ Himself gave His testimony to what we affirm, when He said with His heavenly voice, "Can ye make the children of...
Mark 2:19 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 G3361 Can G1410 (G5736) friends...
THE HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM HAS COME TO CALL HIS BRIDE AND PROVIDE NEW TRUTH (2:18-22). In this passage Jesus defends His disciples right not to fast. John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, seem...
‘And Jesus said to them, “Can the sons of the bridechamber fast while the Bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the Bridegroom with them they cannot fast”.' His first point is that fasting is...
Mark 2:19-22. See on Matthew 9:15-17. The matter is precisely the same, but Mark is in some respects fuller than the others, showing that his account cannot be an abridgment of the others. Comp. espec...
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 SONS OF THE BRIDECHAMBER (ο υιο του νυμφωνος). Not merely the groomsmen, but the guests also, the παρανψμφς (παρανυμφο of the old Greek). Jesus here adopts the Baptist's own metaphor (John 3:29)...
Mark 2:18 A Word from Jesus on Fasting. Fasting, in its essence, is the restraint of self in respect of lower appetite, with special reference to abstinence from that which nourishes the body. Its ad...
Mark 2:18 I. There should be differences between Jesus Christ's disciples and the disciples of all other men. It is noticeable how soon these differences were detected by the critics of the day. The...
Mark 2:19 The Secret of Gladness. There are three subjects for consideration arising from the words of my text: The Bridegroom; the Presence of the Bridegroom; the Joy of the Bridegroom's Presence....
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...
_And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast._ FASTING USEFUL OR BANEFUL, ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES Men of opposing faiths are often united by a common scare. They are more zealous...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:19 Jesus refers to himself as THE BRIDEGROOM. In the OT, God the Father was the bridegroom (see Isaiah 62:5;...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ASK JESUS ABOUT FASTING MATTHEW 9:14-17; MARK 2:18-22; LUKE 5:33-39; MATTHEW 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of J
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 2:18. USED TO FAST.—_Were fasting_, on that very day. Mark 2:20. TAKEN AWAY.—There lurks in the original expression a hint of the violence and pain with which th...
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...
Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:10; Judges 14:11; Matthew 25:1; Psalms 45:14
Children of the bride - chamber [υ ι ο ι τ ο υ ν υ μ φ ω ν ο ς]. More correctly as Rev., sons. It is noteworthy that Christ twice uses a figure drawn from marriage in his allusions to John the Baptist...
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...