Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 1:21
And they went into (k) Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
(k) From the city of Nazareth.
And they went into (k) Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
(k) From the city of Nazareth.
Verse 21. _CAPERNAUM_] See Matthew 4:13. _HE ENTERED INTO THE SYNAGOGUE_] Their synagogues - εν ταις συναγωγαις αυτων, according to the _Syriac_, which has the word in the _plural_....
See also Luke 4:31. Mark 1:21 AND THEY WENT INTO CAPERNAUM - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Matthew 4:13. Straigh
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CAPERNAUM. See App-169. TAUGHT. began teaching....
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VER 21. AND THEY WENT INTO CAPERNAUM; AND STRAIGHTWAY ON THE SABBATH DAY HE ENTERED INTO THE SYNAGOGUE, AND TAUGHT. 22. AND THEY WERE ASTONISHED AS HIS DOCTRINE: FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS ONE THAT HAD AUT...
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ΕΊΣΠΟΡΕΎΟΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΊΣΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G1531) входить, hist. _praes._ ΕΊΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΕΊΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить, ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΉ (G4864) синагога (_см._ Matthew 4:23; TDNT;...
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AND THEY WENT INTO CAPERNAUM; AND STRAIGHTWAY ON THE SABBATH-DAY HE ENTERED INTO THE SYNAGOGUE AND TAUGHT....
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Acts 13:14; Acts 17:2; Acts 18:4; Luke 10:15; Luke 13:10;...
And taught [ε δ ι δ α σ κ ε ν]. Inchoative imperfect, began to teach as soon as he entered the synagogue in Capernaum on the sabbath. The synagogue in Capernaum afforded the best opening for the teach...
Luke 4:31....
Our Saviour having called his disciples, Peter and Andrew, James and John, to follow him, in order to their preaching of the gospel; here we may observe how he went himself along with them, teaching p...