_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:1. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GREAT.—The MS. authority is pretty evenly divided between παμπόλλου as above, and πάλιν πόλλου, _there being again a great multitude_. The latter seems preferable on the whole, παμπόλλου being found nowhere else in the New Testament... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:10. DALMANUTHA.—“Has been identified with the modern _Ain-el-Bârideh_, the ‘cold fountain,’ a glen which opens upon the lake about a mile from Magdala.” Cp. Matthew 15:39. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 8:10_ (PARALLEL: Matthew 16:1.) _The “sign”... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:17. HARDENED.—_Dulled_. See on chaps. Mark 3:5; Mark 6:52. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 8:13_ (PARALLEL: Matthew 16:5.) _A warning against formality and indifference_.— I. WHAT THE CAUTION REFERS TO.— 1. A formal, hypocritical religion. 2. An... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:22. Peculiar to Mark. BETHSAIDA (= _Fish-town)_.—There were two places of this name: (1) the landing-port for Capernaum, on the western side of the lake; (2) a village to the north-east, on which Herod Philip conferred the status of a city, naming it _Julias_... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:27. CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.—This picturesquely situated town, originally called Paneas, after a cavern dedicated to Pan in its neighbourhood, was enlarged and fortified by Herod Philip, who also renamed it in honour of the emperor. Then, to distinguish it from the C... [ Continue Reading ]