Mark 14:1-72
THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus (Matthew 26:1; Luke 22:1). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus (Matthew 26:1; Luke 22:1). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY (Matthew 26:6; John 12:1). See on Mt and Jn. 10, 11. JUDAS BETRAYS JESUS (Matthew 26:14; Luke 22:3). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAST SUPPER (Matthew 26:17; Luke 22:7). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST SUPPER (Matthew 26:20; Luke 22:14; John 13-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23). See on Mt, Lk, Jn, 1 Cor.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEW TESTAMENT] RV 'the covenant.' RM 'Some ancient authorities insert _new_.'... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS FORETELLS PETER'S DENIAL. See on Matthew 26:31, where the other references are given.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE COCK CROW TWICE] 'Twice' is omitted by important ancient authorities, and is open to some doubt. The other three evangelists speak of only one crowing of the cock.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGONY IN GETHSEMANE (Matthew 26:36; Luke 22:40 : cp. John 18:1). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABBA] Aramaic for 'father.' Peculiar to Mk.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARREST OF JESUS (Matthew 26:47; Luke 22:47; John 18:2). See on Mt and Jn. 51, 52. THE YOUNG MAN WHO FOLLOWED. The incident being peculiar to St. Mark, and a quite unimportant one, it is often supposed by modern commentators that the young man was the evangelist himself. Mark's mother certainly live... [ Continue Reading ]
A LINEN CLOTH] probably a night-dress, but J. Lightfoot thinks that it was a _tallith:_ (i.e. the large or synagogue _tallith:_ see on Matthew 23:5), which the young man, for ascetic purposes, wore as his only garment.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRIAL OF JESUS (Matthew 26:57; Luke 22:54; Luke 22:66). See on Mt and John 18:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL DESTROY] Clearly the accusation was that Jesus had plotted to burn or otherwise destroy the Temple. Much less satisfactory is St. Matthew's version, 'I am _able_ to destroy the Temple.' The words, 'that is made without hands,' and 'another made without hands,' are peculiar to Mk. Westcott and... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER DENIES JESUS (Matthew 26:69; Luke 22:55; John 18:15; John 18:25). See on Mt and Jn.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE COCK CREW] Omitted by important ancient authorities, and rejected as an interpolation by Westcott and Hort and RM. See on Mark 14:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND TIME] Omitted by important ancient authorities; bracketed by Swete: see on Mark 14:30. WHEN HE THOUGHT THEREON] An expression of uncertain meaning, but the AV is probably right. Other interpretations:—'having covered his head' (Theophylact, Field), 'he began to weep'; 'he wept vehemently... [ Continue Reading ]