Scofield's Bible Commentary
Mark 9:39
miracle
Work of power upon my name, who will find it possible soon after to revile me.
miracle
Work of power upon my name, who will find it possible soon after to revile me.
Verse 39. _FORBID HIM NOT_] If you meet him again, let him go on quietly in the work in which God owns him. If he were not of God, the demons would not be subject to him, and his work could not prosp...
FORBID HIM NOT - Do not prevent his doing good. If he can work a miracle in my name, it is sufficient proof of attachment to me, and he should not be prevented. CAN LIGHTLY SPEAK EVIL OF ME - The word...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Glory to Come foreshadowed in the Transfiguration. (Mark 9:1 .Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28 .)_ 2. The helpless disciples and the secret of failure. ...
A CONVERSATION WITH THE TWELVE. This section illustrates the kind of teaching which Jesus gave in private to His disciples. It may embody fragmentary recollections of a particular discussion, but more...
John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons by the use of your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not one of our company." "Don't stop him, said Jesus. "There is no one who...
WHEN THE KING COMES INTO HIS OWN (Mark 8:38 ; Mark 9:1) 9:1 "Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he com...
NOT. Greek _me._ App-105....
_Forbid him not_ Compare the words of Joshua and the reply of Moses in Numbers 11:28-29; "and Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses … answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses sai...
38–40. MISTAKEN ZEAL FOR THE NAME Luke 9:49-50...
ΜῊ ΚΩΛΎΕΤΕ. _Cease to forbid him_, or anyone like him. Cf. Mark 5:36; Mark 6:50; Mark 10:14; also the reply of Moses to Joshua’s jealous advice (Numbers 11:29
Ver 38. And John answered Him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us." 39. But Jesus said, "Forbid him not...
_DISCIPLESHIP REQUIRES UNCOMMON TRUST -- MARK 9:36-50:_ In Mark 9:38-40 we read, "John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad h...
ΚΩΛΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΩΛΎΩ (G2967), _praes. imper._ используется с отр. ΜΉ (G3361), чтобы остановить развивающееся действие (MKG, 272). ΠΟΙΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, и...
LIGHTLY— _Readily._ Campbell....
_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...
13. THE CHILDLIKE SPIRIT 9:33-43 _TEXT 9:33-43_ And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them, What were ye reasoning in the way? But they held their peace: for they had disp...
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. BUT JESUS SAID, FORBID HIM NOT: FOR THERE IS NO MAN WHICH SHALL DO A MIR...
His new attitude involved, which would keep them from attempting such a miracle. The great lesson in this sign is that the demon will not come out of Israel under the ministry of the apostles, as set...
THE TRANSFIGURATION. AN EPILEPTIC HEALED. PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH 2-8. The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28). See on Mt....
THE MAN CASTING OUT DEVILS IN CHRIST'S NAME (Luke 9:49). The apostles report that a private Christian, who had not been called to the apostolic office ('he followeth not _with_ us,' Lk), and had recei...
THAT CAN LIGHTLY SPEAK EVIL OF ME] RV 'and be able quickly to speak evil of me.' The success of the man's ministry proved the genuineness of his faith. If he had been an enemy of Jesus, he could not h...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 9 JESUS WITH MOSES AND ELIJAH VERSES 1-10 Before Jesus began his work for God, Jes...
CHAPTER 9:38-50 (MARK 9:38) OFFENSES "John said unto Him, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy Name: and we forbade him, because he followed not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there...
Jesus disallows the interdict for a reason that goes deeper than the purely external one of the disciples = not of our company? well, but with us at heart. δυνήσεται ταχὺ : points to moral impossibili...
_A reminiscence_ (Luke 9:49-50). Probably an incident of the Galilean mission, introduced without connecting particle, therefore (Weiss) connection purely topical; suggested (Holtz., H. C.) to the eva...
_The Twelve at school_ (Matthew 18:1-10; Luke 9:46-50, etc.)....
THE PATH TO GREATNESS Mark 9:30-50 Such were the hopes awakened by the Transfiguration and the following miracles that the disciples were led to speculate upon their relative position in the Kingdom....
Here we see four men who have passed without death into the atmosphere and society of the heavens. One only of the four is there by His own right. Pure and spotless humanity stands in the glory of the...
BIGOTRY OF THE APOSTLE JOHN Luke 9:49-50; Mark 9:38-41. “And John responded to Him, saying, Teacher we saw a certain one casting out devils in Thy name who does not follow us, and we forbade him, beca...
(38) And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followed not us. (39) But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
39._Forbid him not. _Christ did not wish that he should be _forbidden_; not that he had given him authority, or approved of what he did, or even wished his disciples to approve of it, but because, whe...
In Matthew we saw the transfiguration announced in terms that related to the subject of that Gospel the rejected Christ taking His glorious position as Son of man. In each of the Gospels it is in conn...
BUT JESUS SAID, FORBID HIM NOT,.... Neither him, nor any other they should hereafter meet with, who might be casting out devils in his name, giving this as a reason for it; FOR THERE IS NO MAN WHICH...
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. Ver. 39. _Forbid him not_] It is probable that this man would not forbear,...
Mark 9:38, 39. "And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followed not us, and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not...
_And John answered him_ As if he had said, But ought we to receive those who _follow not us? Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name_ Probably this was one of John the Baptist's disciples, w...
FORBID HIM NOT; the principle which the Saviour here lays down is one of wide application. When a man is laboring in Christ's cause with His manifest presence and blessing, forbid him not because he d...
BUT JESUS SAID, FORBID HIM NOT; FOR THERE IS NO MAN WHICH SHALL DO A MIRACLE IN MY NAME THAT CAN LIGHTLY SPEAK EVIL OF ME....
An interruption:...
TITLE: How to be “One of His” TEXT: Mark 9:38-41 PROPOSITION: We must learn to recognize who belongs to Christ. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Attributes SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Background...
30-40 The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son o...
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Mark 9:39 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) not G3361 forbid G2967 (G5720) him G846 for...
JESUS BEGINS HIS FINAL JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM ON THE ROAD TO THE CROSS AND SPENDS MUCH TIME IN TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES AND DISPUTING WITH HIS ENEMIES IN READINESS FOR THAT EVENT, FOR HE IS GIVING HIS LIF...
JESUS REVEALS THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING AND DISPLEASING TO GOD (9:33-10:45). In this next subsection Jesus reveals the things that are pleasing and displeasing to God. Seeking greatness displeases...
THE TEST OF WHAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE IS DETERMINED BY WHAT THEY DO IN HIS NAME (9:33-50). Jesus now gives a number of illustrations of what it means to act in His Name as the Messiah. He gives three ex...
THE JEWISH EXORCIST WHO ACTED IN HIS NAME (9:38-41). Talk about greatness and of those who do things ‘in the name of Jesus' seems to have stirred John's mind to consider something that had happened i...
‘But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him. For there is no man who will do a work of power in my name and be able quickly to speak evil of me. For he who is not against us is for us.” ' Jesus recognised imm...
Mark 9:39. FORBID HIM NOT, _i.e._, such a man. FOR THERE IS NO ONE, _etc_. The success of the miracle would strengthen the faith, the germs of which were manifested in the attempt to work it in the...
MARK alone tells us that the journey from the mount of Transfiguration to Capernaum was private (Mark 9:30). The education of the disciples called for this, and the hostility of the Pharisees had in f...
FORBID HIM NOT (μη κωλυετε). Stop hindering him (μη and the present-imperative) as John had been doing....
Mark 9:38 Persons who choose their religion for themselves, or who wander about from one communion of Christians to another at their will, often urge upon us who wish to be disciples of the faith, whi...
Mark 9:30. _And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of Man is delivered into the ha...
This miracle is one that shows the transforming power of the Saviour in a remarkable fashion. Mark 9:20. _And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed...
Our Lord had been absent from the people, and transfigured on the top of the mountain; when he came down from this manifestation of his glory, he was brought face to face with Satan's work at almost t...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the mighty Christ casting out a demon. The dispute over who should be greatest. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism. Solemn warning of hell. CHARA...
Mark 9:2. _And after six days,_ not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16. He asked the scribes, what question ye with them?
Do NOT TRY TO STOP HIM. They had tried to stop him, but had not succeeded. Jesus neither praises nor condemns the man for going his own way and not working with the twelve. Johnson says: "He simply de...
_And we forbade him _ CHRISTIAN TOLERATION I. That power to do good is not monopolized by one class of believers in Christ. We can only conjecture, but there is strong reason for supposing, as many h...
THE DISCIPLES ARGUE ABOUT WHO WOULD BE THE GREATEST MATTHEW 18:1-6; MARK 9:33-41; LUKE 9:46-50; MATTHEW 18:1 At the same time came the dis
CHAPTER 9 2 _Jesus is transfigured_. 11 _He instructeth his disciples concerning the coming of Elias_ : 14 _casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit_ : 30 _foretelleth his death and resurrection_ : 33 _ex...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 9:35. IF ANY MAN DESIRE.—_If any one wishes_, as chap. Mark 8:34. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 9:33_ (PARALLELS:...
EXPOSITION MARK 9:1 TILL THEY SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME WITH POWER. In St. Matthew 16:28 the words run thus: "Till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." In St. Luke 9:27, "Till t
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power (Mark 9:1). Now what di...
1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 9:27;...
Jesus said — Christ here gives us a lovely example of candour and moderation. He was willing to put the best construction on doubtful cases, and to treat as friends those who were not avowed enemies....