Mark 9:38

The Question of John

38. And John answered him The words in My nameof Mark 9:37 seem to have reminded the Apostle of an incident in their recent journey.

because he followeth not us Observe what the Apostle affirms to have been the ground of their rebuke, "because he followeth not us," not "because he followeth not Thee." It is the utterance of excited party feeling. "We gather from this passage," observes Meyer, "how mightily the words and influence of Christ had wrought outside the sphere of His permanent dependants, exciting in individuals a degree of spiritual energy that performed miracles on others."