Mark 6:2

And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 4:16....

1-6 Our Lord's countrymen tried to prejudice the minds of people against him. Is not this the carpenter? Our Lord Jesus probably had worked in that business with his father. He thus put honour upon mechanics, and encouraged all persons who eat by the labour of their hands. It becomes the followers of Christ to content themselves with the satisfaction of doing good, although they are denied the praise of it. How much did these Nazarenes lose by obstinate prejudices against Jesus! May Divine grace deliver us from that unbelief, which renders Christ a savour of death, rather than of life to the soul. Let us, like our Master, go and teach cottages and peasants the way of salvation....

Verse Mark 6:2. _WERE ASTONISHED_] επι τῃ διδαχῃ αυτου, _at his doctrine_, or _teaching_. This is added by the _Codex Bezae_ and _eight_ others, later _Syriac, Armenian, Vulgate_, and all the _Itala_....

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 13:54....

EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfolk after the flesh still lived. Nazareth would be about a day's journey from Capernaum. This was not the first public exercise of his ministry at Nazareth. Of that and its results St. Luke gives us the account (Luke 4:16). It would seem reasonable to suppose that, after the fame which he had now acquired, he should again visit the place where he had been brought up. His sisters were still living there. St. Mark here again uses the historical present ἔρχεται, "he cometh," for which there is better authority than for ἧλθεν_. _HIS

AND WHEN THE SABBATH DAY WAS COME,.... For it seems that it was on a weekday, or on one of the common days of the week, that he entered into the city, where he remained without making himself known, till the sabbath day came: and then HE BEGAN TO TEACH IN THE SYNAGOGUE; that is, at Nazareth; where he expounded the law and the prophets, and preached the Gospel: AND MANY HEARING [HIM] WERE ASTONISHED. The Vulgate Latin adds, "at his doctrine"; and so it is read in Beza's most ancient copy: SAYING, FROM WHENCE HATH THIS MAN THESE THINGS? This skill of explaining Scripture, this doctrine which he teaches, and these miracles he is said to work? This question they the rather put, because they had known him from the beginning: he had lived long among them, and they knew he had not learnt of men, and therefore wondered how he came by such things as these: and what wisdom is this which is giv...

MARK 6:2 kai. ai` duna,meij … gino,menai {C} A majority of the Committee preferred the grammatically difficult reading of the Alexandrian text (a* B 33 892 _al_) as best accounting for the origin of the other readings; thus, some witnesses added ai` after toiau/tai (ac L D), while many others eliminated the article before duna,meij and changed the participle into a finite verb, either gi,nontai or gi,nwntai (introduced by i[na). The latest reading, which was incorporated into the Textus Receptus, prefixes o[ti...

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .Matthew 10:5; Luke 9:1) 3. King Herod troubled. (Mark 6:14. Matthew 14:1; Luke 9:7)...

THE REJECTION OF JESUS AT NAZARETH. Mk.'s reason for inserting this incident at this particular point is obscure. It seems to belong to the early period. Jesus is once more in the synagogue as His custom was at the first, and the presence of the disciples is especially mentioned, as if they were not yet habitually in His company. Perhaps Mk. places the incident here as a first sign of waning public interest. The disciples, in the next section, are warned to expect similar indifference and antagonism. Jesus-' own country is clearly Nazareth (_cf._ Mark 1:9). The very familiarity of the townsfolk with Jesus obscures His greatness for them. As an Indian saying has it, There is always a shadow under the lamp. They were too close to Jesus to appreciate Him. Mk. alone has the reference to kinsfolk in Mark 6:4. This perhaps pres

Jesus left there and came into his own native place, and his disciples went with him. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. Many, as they listened, were amazed. "Where," they said, "did this man get this knowledge? What wisdom is this that has been given to him? And how can such wonderful things keep happening through his hands? Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? Are his sisters not here with us?" And they took offence at him. So Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honour except in his own native place, and amongst his own kinsmen and in his own family." And he was not able to do any wonderful deeds there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he was amazed by their unwillingness to believe. He made a tour of the villages teaching. When Jesus came to Nazareth he put hi...