(10) And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
(10) God is such a severe avenger of offences that it is better to suffer anything else than to be an occasion of offence to any.
MARK 9:42 pisteuo,ntwn @eivj evme,# {C} The presence of eivj evme, is very strongly attested (A B L W Q Y ¦1 ¦13 syrs copsa _al_). At the same tim...
See the notes at Matthew 18:7. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44 THEIR WORM - This figure is taken from...
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...
Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink on the ground that you belong to Christ, I tell you truly he will not lose his reward. And whoever puts a stumbling-block in the path of one of these little o...
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...
SHALL OFFEND. shall have caused to stumble. BELIEVE IN. See App-150. BETTER. good. THAT. if.. simple hypothesis. App-118.:2. A MILLSTONE. a great millstone (turned by an ass). Compare Matthew 18:6...
_a millstone_ Literally, AN ASS-MILL-STONE, a mill-stone turned by an ass. These were much larger and heavier than the stones of hand-mills. Comp. Ov. _Fast_. vi. 318, "Et quæ pumiceas versat asella...
42. [2054][2055][2056][2057] omit ΕἸΣ ἘΜΈ after πιστευόντων. [2054] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg...
41–50. RESULTS OF HELPING AND OF HINDERING THE CAUSE OF CHRIST Matthew 18:6-9; Luke 17:1-2; Luke 14:34...
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...
ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) заставить оступиться, заставить кого-л. усомниться в вере (Cranfield). _Conj._ с ΆΝ (G302) используется в indef. rel. _прид._ ΠΙΣΤΕΥΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act...
DISCOURSE: 1435 CHRIST’S INTEREST IN HIS PEOPLE Mark 9:41. _Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, He shall not lose his rewa...
WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND.— _Whosoever shall insnare._ Campbell....
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...
_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...
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. AND WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND,...
40 See Mat_12:30; Luk_11:23. 41 See Mat_10:40-42. 42 Compare Mat_18:6. 43 Compare Mat_5:30. See Deu_13:6-11 Isa_33:14; Isa_66:24. 45 Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom just below Jerusalem, must not be...
9:42 snare (c-6) See Note g, Matthew 18:6 , 'offend.' millstone (d-24) Lit. 'ass's millstone.' see Note h, Matthew 18:6 ....
THE TRANSFIGURATION. AN EPILEPTIC HEALED. PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH 2-8. The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28). See on Mt....
ON OFFENCES (Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:1). See on Mt....
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...
After the episode of the exorcist the narrative returns to the discourse broken off at Mark 9:38. From receiving little children and all they represent, Jesus passes to speak of the sin of causing the...
καλόν, etc.: well for him; rather = better. Each evangelist has his own word here: Mt. συμφέρει, Lk. (Luke 17:2) λυσιτελεῖ; but Mk., according to the best attested reading, has the strong phrase μύλος...
_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...
RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFENDING THE LITTLE ONES Matthew 18:6-8; Mark 9:42-44. “Whosoever may offend one of these little ones who believe in Me, it is better for him rather if a millstone is hung round his...
(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...
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...
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES THAT BELIEVE IN ME,.... Whosoever shall do the, least injury to the meanest person that believes in Christ, who are mean both in their own eyes, and...
And whosoever shall offend one of _these_ little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. Ver. 42. _See Trapp on "_ Ma...
Mark 9:42. "Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believeth in me," etc. Christians are but babes and infants in this world, especially were Christ's disciples so at that time; and the...
_For whosoever shall give you a cup of water_, &c. Having answered John, our Lord resumes the discourse, which was broken off at Mark 9:37. And to show the apostles further, that they had been in the...
WHOSOEVER SHALL GIVE YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK IN MY NAME-WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND; the charge respecting the man that followed not with the disciples, naturally led the Saviour to speak of the great...
Warning against offences, or occasions of sin. Matthew 18:6-9....
Christ continues His lesson:...
AND WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES THAT BELIEVE IN ME, IT IS BETTER FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK, AND HE WERE CAST INTO THE SEA....
TITLE: Do you have worms? TEXT: Mark 9:42-48 PROPOSITION: QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Punishments READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus uses an unusual phrase here. 2.“Their” worm dies not; “The” fire i...
41-50 It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:6"....
1 Clement Yea, it were better for him that a millstone should be hung about [his neck], and he should be sunk in the depths of the sea, than that he should cast a stumbling-block before one of my lit...
Mark 9:42 But G2532 whoever G3739 G302 causes G4624 one G1520 ones G3398 believe G4100 (G5723) in...
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...
“And whoever shall cause one of these little ones (or ‘low ones') who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he was thrown into the sea...
A WARNING AGAINST CAUSING THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM TO STUMBLE (9:42-50). Having spoken of what acting in His Name regularly involved, Jesus now gives a warning to those who act against His Name. Not a...
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...
Mark 9:42. See on Matthew 18:6. The connection is probably with Mark 9:37, as there represented, but the question of John and the answer to it prepared for this advance of thought. By their conduct in...
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?
CAUSE ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES TO TURN AWAY. The parallel passage in Matthew 18:6-9 shows he is speaking of little children (see notes there.) Yet, as this comes just after his statement in Mark 9:40,...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 9:42 Any who cause other believers, especially the lowly or powerless, TO SIN will receive severe punishment from God. ⇐...
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 9:42. OFFEND.—_Lay a trap for_. See on chap. Mark 6:3. Mark 9:42. IT IS BETTER FOR HIM.—_A happy thing it is for him rather_. Cp....
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 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Timothy 5:14;...
Millstone. Rev., great millstone. See on Matthew 18:6. Wyc., millstone of asses. Note the graphic present and perfect tenses; the millstone is hanged, and he hath been cast....
On the contrary, whosoever shall offend the very least Christian. Matthew 18:6; Luke 17:1....