_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:1. IT WAS NOISED.—_It was heard, He is in the house_, or _at home_. Perhaps the house already mentioned, viz. Simon’s (Mark 1:29); but more probably His own homestead. Mark 2:4. COME NIGH UNTO HIM.—_Bring (him) to Him_. Mark 2:5. THY SINS BE.—_Have been forg... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:14. RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.—_Toll-house_. “Capernaum was the landing-place for the many ships which traversed the lake or coasted from town to town; and this not only for those who had business in Capernaum, but for those who would there strike the great road of ea... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:18. USED TO FAST.—_Were fasting_, on that very day. Mark 2:20. TAKEN AWAY.—There lurks in the original expression a hint of the violence and pain with which the separation would be fraught. Mark 2:21. A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH.—_A patch of undressed cloth._ “The... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:23. BEGAN, AS THEY WENT, TO PLUCK.—A very good rendering, though free. Cp. Latin “_iter facere_,” French “_faire chemin_.” From LXX. in Judges 17:8, it is clear that the classical distinction between ὁδὸν ποιεῖν, “to make a road,” ὁδὸν ποιεῖσθαι, “to make a jo... [ Continue Reading ]