_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:1. Render: _After two days was the Passover and the Azuma_ (or Leavenless Feast). The Passover was the lamb slain on the 14th Nisan (Exodus 12:6); the Azuma was the festival which began on 15th Nisan, and lasted seven days (Exodus 12:15). Mark 14:3. This inci... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:12. THE FIRST DAY, ETC.—14th Nisan—Thursday in Holy Week. The previous day had been spent in seclusion at Bethany, which “was reckoned as regards religious purposes part of Jerusalem by the Rabbis, and the lamb might be eaten there, though it must be killed a... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:32. GETHSEMANE.—_I. e. Oil-press_. The traditional site is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives on the north-west, where still are to be seen eight olive trees, believed to be over two thousand years old. Mark 14:33. SORE AMAZED.—_Filled with constern... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:48. THIEF—_Robber_, or _bandit_. Mark 14:51. A LINEN CLOTH.—_A sindon_—either a garment or bed-covering made of linen or muslin manufactured in Sind. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 14:43_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 26:47; Luke 22:47; John 18:1.) _The ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:53. WITH HIM WERE ASSEMBLED.—_There come with him_, or _There come together unto him_. Mark 14:54. THE PALACE.—_The court_ of the palace. AT THE FIRE.—_Beside the light_ of the fire. Mark 14:58. WITHIN THREE DAYS.—_After three days_: διά. For similar constr... [ Continue Reading ]