Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 1:38
And he said unto them, Let us go into the (t) next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
(t) Villages which were like cities.
And he said unto them, Let us go into the (t) next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
(t) Villages which were like cities.
Verse 38. _THE NEXT TOWNS_] κωμοπολεις properly signifies such towns as resembled cities for _magnitude_ and _number_ of inhabitants, but which were not _walled_ as were _cities_. The _Codex Bezae_, m...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM ... - This was said in answer to their “implied” request that he would go and meet the multitudes. “Since the anxiety to hear the truth is so great, since such multitudes are wai...
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THE DECISION TO LEAVE CAPERNAUM. The concourse of sick embarrasses Jesus, either because the work of healing tended to obscure His message or because Capernaum threatened to monopolise His attention....
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (Mark 1:1-4)...
Very early, when it was still night, Jesus rose and went out. He went away to a deserted place and there he was praying. Simon and his friends tracked him down and said to him, "They are all searching...
NEXT. neighbouring. TOWNS. country towns, or villages. THEREFORE _= for_ (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) this. CAME. FORTH. am. come forth....
_towns_ rather VILLAGE-TOWNS or COUNTRY-TOWNS. The word only occurs here. His gracious Presence was not to be confined to Capernaum. Dalmanutha, Magdala, Bethsaida, Chorazin were all near at hand. For...
ἌΓΩΜΕΝ. Intrans. as in Mark 14:42 and always in N.T. Cf. ἔγειρε, Mark 2:11. ἈΛΛΑΧΟΥ͂. _Elsewhere_; nowhere else in N.T., and omitted in many texts here. But it is certainly to be retained with [209]...
35–39. DEPARTURE FROM CAPERNAUM. CIRCUIT IN GALILEE Luke 4:42-44...
VER 35. AND IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, HE WENT OUT, AND DEPARTED INTO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND THERE PRAYED. 36. AND SIMON AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM FOLLOWED AFTER HIM. 37. AND...
_THE FACT OF JESUS PREACHING AND HEALING IN GALILEE MARK 1:35-45:_ The preaching of Jesus was preceded by prayer. (Mark 1:35) Secret prayer prepared Jesus for powerful public preaching. No man has any...
ΆΓΩΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести, идти. Побудит, _conj._: "давайте пойдем". ΆΛΛΑΧΟΫ́ (***) куда-нибудь еще. ΈΧΟΜΈΝΑΣ _praes. med. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192). Med. _part._ имеет значение: "рядо...
THE NEXT TOWNS— _The neighbouring towns._ INFERENCES.—Respecting John the Baptist and our Saviour's baptism, see the Inferences on Matthew 3.; and on our Saviour's choice of his disciples, &c. we shal...
4. HEALING OF THE LEPER1:35-45 _TEXT 1:35-45_ And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were w...
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LET US GO - or, according to another reading, 'Let us go else...
19 Before a net is used it is important that it is not badly tangled or snarled. The work of these fishermen is a graphic commentary on the word "adjust," which has been rendered by such a variety as...
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. ABOUT MARK’S BOOK The Bible has 4 books about Jesus’ life. They are called the Books of Mat...
LET US GO INTO THE NEXT TOWNS. — The word translated “towns” occurs here only. It is a compound word, “village cities,” and seems to have been coined to express the character of such places as Bethsai...
CHAPTER 1:35-39 (MARK 1:35) JESUS IN SOLITUDE "And in the morning, a great while before day, He rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were...
ἄγωμεν : let us go, intransitive; not so used in Greek authors. κωμοπόλεις, village towns; towns as to extent of population, villages as without walls (Kypke); _Oppidula_ (Beza); here only in N. T., f...
_Flight from Capernaum_ (Luke 4:42-44)....
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The introductory words of this Gospel according to Mark are characterized by brevity. Mark at once announces his theme, "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God," and then in rapid...
AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them,...
EVANGELISM OF JESUS Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-44. From Capernaum, His headquarters, He now radiates out through the surrounding country, accompanied by His disciples, Peter, Andrew, James, and John, goi...
(29) And forthwith when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30) But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and anon they tel...
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...
Mark1:38._For on this account I came out. _Luke 4:43._For on this account am I sent. _These words deserve our attention: for they contain a declaration of his earnest desire to fulfill his office. But...
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LET US GO INTO THE NEXT TOWNS,.... Instead of returning with his disciples to Capernaum, as they expected he would, and especially since there was such a concourse of people got...
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. Ver. 38. _Let us go into the next towns_] The neighbouring boroughs, κωμωπολεις, such a...
_And in the morning, a great while before day_ Εννυχου λιαν, _When the night was very far advanced_, or, _when it was yet deep night, he went out_, &c. Thus diligently did the Son of God labour for us...
THEREFORE CAME I FORTH; that he might preach the gospel in various places....
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LET US GO INTO THE NEXT TOWNS, THAT I MAY PREACH THERE ALSO; FOR THEREFORE CAME I FORTH. It had been long after sundown, probably as long as twilight lasted, that Jesus had been...
Jesus retires for rest and strength:...
This beginning is not that ofJohn 1:1, which speaks of the Lord's eternal existence "with God," and as being God; nor is it that of creation (Genesis 1:1), but of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son o...
29-39 Wherever Christ comes, he comes to do good. He cures, that we may minister to him, and to others who are his, and for his sake. Those kept from public ordinances by sickness or other real hinde...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 1:36...
Mark 1:38 But G2532 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 go G71 (G5725) into G1519 next G2192 (G5746
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Mark 1 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human experie...
Mark 1:28. _And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee._ «Immediately.» That is, as soon as Jesus had healed the man with an unclean spirit, his fame spread...
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WE MUST GO ON. Jesus was making a tour, and could not stay too long in any one place....
_And when they had found Him._ THE DESIRE OF HUMANITY FOR CHRIST While rejoicing in Divine solitude, the loneliness in which He left the suffering, toiling people was indescribably painful to them. A...
JESUS PREACHES THROUGHOUT GALILEE MATTHEW 4:23-25; MARK 1:35-39; LUKE 4:42-44; MATTHEW 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
COMMENTARY upon THE GOSPEL OF S. MARK. _______. _______ INTRODUCTION. " MARK," says S. Jerome in his _Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers_, "was a disciple and interpreter of S. Peter. At the req...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 1:35. A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY.—How Mark loves to emphasise the ceaseless activity and devotion of our Blessed Lord! _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 1:3...
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Let's turn to Mark's gospel. Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified, perhaps about twelve years old. So, the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received from li...
Isaiah 61:1; John 16:28; John 17:4; John 17:8; John 9:4;...
Into the next towns [ε ι σ τ α σ ε χ ο μ ε ν α σ κ ω μ ο π ο λ ε ι σ]. It was a surprising decision for Jesus to leave the eager, excited throngs in Capernaum for the country town or village cities wi...
HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD Mark 1:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to talk to you about the changeableness of the people toward Christ. Mark 1:28 says, "And immediately His fame spread abroad throughout...