VER 1: THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. Jerome, in Prolog: Mark the Evangelist, who served the priesthood in Israel, according to the flesh a Levite, having been converted to the Lord, wrote his Gospel in Italy, shewing in it how even his family benefited Christ. For com... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 2. AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE PROPHETS, "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THY WAY BEFORE THEE." [MALACHI 3:1] 3. "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT." [ISAIAH 40:3] Bede: Being about to write his Gospel,... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 4. JOHN DID BAPTIZE IN THE WILDERNESS, AND PREACH THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS. 5. AND THERE WENT OUT UNTO HIM ALL THE LAND OF JUDAEA, AND THEY OF JERUSALEM, AND WERE ALL BAPTIZED OF HIM IN THE RIVER OF JORDAN, CONFESSING THEIR SINS. 6. AND JOHN WAS CLOTHED WITH CAMEL'S HA... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 9. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, THAT JESUS CAME FROM NAZARETH OF GALILEE, AND WAS BAPTIZED OF JOHN IN JORDAN. 10. AND STRAIGHTWAY COMING UP OUT OF THE WATER, HE SAW THE HEAVENS OPENED, AND THE SPIRIT LIKE A DOVE DESCENDING UPON HIM: 11. AND THERE CAME A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, "THOU ART... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 12. AND IMMEDIATELY THE SPIRIT DRIVETH HIM INTO THE WILDERNESS. 13. AND HE WAS THERE IN THE WILDERNESS FORTY DAYS, TEMPTED OF SATAN; AND WAS WITH THE WILD BEASTS; AND THE ANGELS MINISTERED UNTO HIM. Chrys., Hom. in Matt., xiii: Because all that Christ did and suffered was for our teaching, He b... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 14. NOW AFTER THAT JOHN WAS PUT IN PRISON, JESUS CAME INTO GALILEE, PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, 15. AND SAYING, "THE TIME IS FULFILLED, AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND: REPENT YE, AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL." Pseudo-Chrys., Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.: The Evangelist Mark follows M... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 16. NOW AS HE WALKED BY THE SEA OF GALILEE, HE SAW SIMON, AND ANDREW HIS BROTHER, CASTING A NET INTO THE SEA; FOR THEY WERE FISHERS. 17. AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, "COME YE AFTER ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU TO BECOME FISHERS OF MEN." 18. AND STRAIGHTWAY THEY FORSOOK THEIR NETS, AND FOLLOWED HIM. 19.... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 21. AND THEY WENT INTO CAPERNAUM; AND STRAIGHTWAY ON THE SABBATH DAY HE ENTERED INTO THE SYNAGOGUE, AND TAUGHT. 22. AND THEY WERE ASTONISHED AS HIS DOCTRINE: FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS ONE THAT HAD AUTHORITY, AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES. Pseudo-Jerome: Mark, arranging the sayings of the Gospel as they we... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 23. AND THERE WAS IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE A MAN WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT; AND HE CRIED OUT, 24. SAYING, "LET US ALONE; WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH THEE, THOU JESUS OF NAZARETH? ART THOU COME TO DESTROY US? I KNOW THEE WHO THOU ART, THE HOLY ONE OF GOD." 25. AND JESUS REBUKED HIM, SAYING, "HOLD THY PEACE, A... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 29. AND FORTHWITH, WHEN THEY WERE COME OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE, THEY ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF SIMON AND ANDREW, WITH JAMES AND JOHN. 30. BUT SIMON'S WIFE'S MOTHER LAY SICK OF A FEVER, AND ANON THEY TELL HIM OF HER. 31. AND HE CAME AND TOOK HER BY THE HAND, AND LIFTED HER UP; AND IMMEDIATELY THE FE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 32. AND AT EVEN, WHEN THE SUN DID SET, THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM ALL THAT WERE DISEASED, AND THEM THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS. 33. AND ALL THE CITY WAS GATHERED TOGETHER AT THE DOOR. 34. AND HE HEALED MANY THAT WERE SICK OF DIVERS DISEASES, AND CAST OUT MANY DEVILS; AND SUFFERED NOT THE DEVILS T... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 35. AND IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, HE WENT OUT, AND DEPARTED INTO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND THERE PRAYED. 36. AND SIMON AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM FOLLOWED AFTER HIM. 37. AND WHEN THEY HAD FOUND HIM, THEY SAID UNTO HIM, "ALL MEN SEEK FOR THEE." 38. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, "L... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 40. AND THERE CAME A LEPER TO HIM, BESEECHING HIM, AND KNEELING DOWN TO HIM, AND SAYING UNTO HIM, "IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST MAKE ME CLEAN." 41. AND JESUS, MOVED WITH COMPASSION, PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOUCHED HIM, AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "I WILL; BE THOU CLEAN." 42. AND AS SOON AS HE HAD SPOKEN, IM... [ Continue Reading ]