Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 2:21
New cloth] RV 'undressed cloth.' Else the new piece] RV 'else that which should fill it up, taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made.'
New cloth] RV 'undressed cloth.' Else the new piece] RV 'else that which should fill it up, taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made.'
Verse 21. _NO MAN - SEWETH_] Matthew 9:16. _No man seweth a piece of unscoured cloth upon an old garment_. In the common editions this verse begins with και, _and_, but this is omitted by almost ever...
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)...
No one sews a patch of new cloth on to an old garment. If he does the bit that was meant to fill in the hole tears it apart--the new from the old--and the tear is made worse. No one puts new wine into...
SEWETH... ON. Greek. _epirrapto._ Occurs only here. NEW. unfulled. ON = upon. Greek. _rpi._ App-104. NEW = new (in character). Greek. _kainos._ See note on Matthew 9:17....
_new cloth_ Literally UNCARDED OR UNTEAZLED cloth. _else_ i. e. IF HE DO, the new piece taketh from the old garment, and makes worse its original rents....
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...
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ἘΠΊΒΛΗΜΑ. This parable and its companion are a further reply to the criticism in Mark 2:18. All three have the pair in this connexion. Both parables set forth the truth that a new spirit requi...
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...
ΈΠΊΒΛΗΜΑ (G1915) заплата. Букв, "то, что кладется сверху" ΡΆΚΟΥΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΡΆΚΟΣ (G4470) ткань. _Gen._ описательный или указывающий на материал, ΆΓΝΑΦΟΣ (G46) новый, то есть не обработанный су...
NO MAN, &C.— _Nobody seweth a piece of undressed cloth on all old garment; otherwise the new patch teareth the old cloth, and maketh a worse rent._—Ver. 22. _Nobody putteth new wine into old leathern...
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...
2:21 new (a-7) Lit. 'unfulled' or 'unmilled,' as Matthew 9:16 ....
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...
_Fasting_ (Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39)....
ἐπιρράπτει, sews upon, for ἐπιβάλλει in Mt. and Lk.; not in Greek authors, here only in N. T.; in Sept [13], Job 16:15, the simple verb. εἰ δὲ μή : _vide_ on εἰ δὲ μήγε in Matthew 9:17. εἰ δὲ μήγε, et...
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...
_THINGS WHICH DIFFER_ ‘No man seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment … and no man putteth new wine into old bottles.’ Mark 2:21 These words were a parable and the principle laid down in them...
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...
NO MAN ALSO SEWETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH, The traditions of the elders are meant, particularly concerning eating and drinking, and fasting, things before spoken of; and which occasioned this parable, a...
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. Ver. 21. _No man soweth_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 9:...
_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....
NO MAN ALSO SEWETH A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH ON AN OLD GARMENT; ELSE THE NEW PIECE THAT FILLED IT UP TAKETH AWAY FROM THE OLD, AND THE RENT IS MADE WORSE....
Two parables to emphasize His meaning:...
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: New Wine in Old Skins TEXT: Mark 2:21-22 PROPOSITION: Christianity is a brand new religion. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Applications SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Some think this pass...
NEW: Or, raw, or unwrought...
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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Tertullian On Prayer -has determined for us, the disciples of the New Testament, a new form of prayer; for in this particular also it was needful that new wine should be laid up in new skins, and a n...
Mark 2:21 G2532 one G3762 sews G1976 (G5719) piece G1915 unshrunk G46 cloth G4470 on G1909 old...
‘No man sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old piece of clothing, otherwise that which should fill it up (or ‘the patch' - to pleroma) takes away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is...
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...
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...
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 2:21. THAT WHICH FILLETH IT UP (lit, ‘the fulness') TAKETH AWAY FROM IT, THE NEW FROM THE OLD, AND A WORSE RENT IS MADE _._ The form is peculiar to Mark, and characteristic of his lively style. T...
SEWETH ON (επιραπτε). Here only in the N.T. or elsewhere, though the uncompounded verb ραπτω (to sew) is common enough,SEWS UPON: in Matthew 9:16 and Luke 5:37 use επιβαλλε, put upon or clap upon...
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 2:1. _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...
NO ONE USES A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH. Jesus was not attempting to "patch up" Judaism. See notes on Matthew 9:16-17....
_No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment._ NEW CLOTH ON AN OLD GARMENT God’s forces not to be fettered by man. You cannot thrust life into human moulds. I. Every force has a defin...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:21 UNSHRUNK CLOTH... OLD GARMENT.... NEW WINE... OLD WINESKINS. The kingdom of God is not merely a patch over the Mosaic law and Jewish traditions. Jesus brings a new
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...
1 Corinthians 10:13; Isaiah 57:16; Matthew 9:16; Psalms 103:13...
Seweth [ε π ι ρ ρ α π τ ε ι]. A word found in Mark only. Matthew (ix. 16) and Luke (v. 36) use ejpiballei, throweth upon, as we speak of clapping a patch upon....
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...