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Mark 2:15,16

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 2:15 To recline at table indicates personal friendship. When dining formally in a home, guests reclined on a couch that stretched around three sides of a room. The guests’ heads were toward the tables and their feet toward the wall. tax collectors and sinners. According to the Pharisees (see note on John 1:24), Jesus should keep himself “clean” from such people (see Leviticus 10:10).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MARK 2:15-16 auvtw|/. (16) kai. oi` grammatei/j tw/n Farisai,wn ivdo,ntej {C} The more unusual expression oi` grammatei/j tw/n Farisai,wn is to be preferred, since the tendency of scribes would have...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SAT AT MEAT IN THE HOUSE - The words “at meat” are not in the original. The phrase means “as he reclined at his meal,” or “as he was eating.” This feast was made by Matthew in honor of the Saviour. Se...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF LEVI. JESUS EATS WITH TAX-COLLECTORS. These two incidents are only loosely connected with each other and with what precedes. The notes of time are of the vaguest. The call of Levi, who is...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus was sitting at a meal in Levi's house, and many tax-collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many of them, and they sought his company. When the experts i...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND IT CAME TO PASS. A Hebreism. SAT AT MEAT. reclined [at table]. HIS HOUSE. i.e. Levi's. Not the Lord's. Compare Matthew 8:20. PUBLICANS. tax-gatherers. SINNERS. Greek. Plural of _hamartolos_. C...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _sat at meat_ It is St Luke who tells us that St Matthew made, "great feast" in honour of his new Master (Luke 5:29), and to it, perhaps by way of farewell, he invited many of his old associates. This...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    15–17. THE FEAST IN LEVI’S HOUSE Matthew 9:10-13; Luke 5:29-32...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΓΊΝΕΤΑΙ ([290][291][292] 33) rather than ἐγένετο ([293][294][295][296][297][298]). [290] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai....

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 13. And He went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. 14. And as He passed by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the receipt of custo...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS CHOSE LEVI, A TAX COLLECTOR MARK 2:13-17:_ Next we observe Jesus by the Sea of Galilee. Crowds always came, many to be healed and some to hear and learn. As He walked along He saw Levi, the son...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΚΑΤΑΚΕΪ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΚΑΤΆΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G2621) возлежать (за столом). Обычно относилось к праздничным пирам, которые сопровождались развленательной программой (Cranfield; SB, 4:ii, 611-...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THERE WERE MANY, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM.— _For many of them had followed him._ Heylin....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. THE CALL OF MATTHEW AND HIS FEAST 2:13-17 _TEXT 2:13-17_ And he went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the s...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 9:9....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CALL OF LEVI (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (14-17) LEVI THE SON OF ALPHÆUS. — See Notes on Matthew 9:9. St. Mark and St. Luke agree in giving the name Levi, the former alone describes him as the son of Alphæus....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 2:13-17 (MARK 2:13) THE CALL AND FEAST OF LEVI "And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them. And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son o...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτου : whose house? Not perfectly clear, but all things point to that of Levi. There is no mention of a return to Capernaum, where Jesus dwelt. The custom house may have been outside the...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Call of Levi, feast following_ (Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32). This incident is not to be conceived as following immediately after that narrated in the foregoing section....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 29 MATTHEW'S BEAST Matthew 10:1-17; Mark 2:15-22; Luke 5:29-39. Luke “And Levi made a great feast for Him in his own house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and others who were si...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. (14) (11 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the _son_ of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of cust...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS JESUS SAT AT MEAT IN HIS HOUSE,.... In the house of Levi; not in the custom house, or toll booth, for that he left; but in his house in the city of Capernaum, where he had...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. Ver. 15. _Many pub...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And all the multitude resorted unto him_ Namely, _by the sea-side. And he taught them_ As readily there as if he had been in a synagogue. _And as he passed by he saw Levi_, that is, Matthew, _sitting...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Christ eats with publicans. Matthew 9:10-13....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS JESUS SAT AT MEAT IN HIS HOUSE, MANY PUBLICANS AND SINNERS SAT ALSO TOGETHER WITH JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES; FOR THERE WERE MANY, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The reception and dinner:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    TITLE: Eating with sinners TEXT: Mark 2:13-17 PROPOSITION: As we try to reach the lost we face some real challenges. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Attitudes SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. We fa...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-17 Matthew was not a good character, or else, being a Jew, he would never have been a publican, that is, a tax-gatherer for the Romans. However, Christ called this publican to follow him. With God...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 2:15...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian On Modesty name,-a (name) of such as put up the pathways of the very sky, and earth, and sea, for sale. Moreover, when (the writer) adjoins "sinners" to "publicans,"[101]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 2:15 G2532 happened G1096 (G5633) He G846 dining G2621 (G5738) in G1722 Levis G846 house...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And it happened that he was sitting eating food in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many and they followed him.' As a result Levi i...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN HAS COME TO MAKE MEN WHOLE (2:13-17). The second great statement of this chapter is about the Great Physician, and is introduced by the call of Levi (Matthew). But we are not, of...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 2:15-22. THE FEAST AT LEVI'S HOUSE AND DISCOURSES THERE. _See on Matthew 9:10._...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 2:15. IN HIS HOUSE. That of Levi, who made the feast for our Lord (Luke 5:29). The passage before us does not decide this, but any other view needlessly creates a discrepancy. Our Lord did not pa...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    ON the chronology, see on Matthew 9:2-17. According to the view there defended, the feast and discourse (Mark 2:15-22) occurred some time after the call of Levi, and these verses only, in the first th...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SINNERS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WAS HAVING A MEAL. Matthew has gathered a large number of his friends and associates for this feast. OUTCASTS. People who had been expelled from the synagogue....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And as He passed by, He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the receipt of custom._ THE CALL OF MATTHEW The story is placed immediately after a miracle, as if to hint that Matthew’s conversion...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS EATS WITH SINNERS AT MATTHEW ' S HOUSE MATTHEW 9:9-13; MARK 2:14-17; LUKE 5:27-32; MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, h

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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 onl...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Luke 15:1; Luke 5:29; Luke 5:30; Luke 6:17; Matthew 21:31;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    His house. Levi 's. See Luke 5:29....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HELPERS AND HINDERERS Mark 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Back in Capernaum. Once more we find our Master in the city by the sea. He loved Galilee. So many of His wonderful messages and marvelous mirac...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Many publicans and notorious sinners sat with Jesus — Some of them doubtless invited by Matthew, moved with compassion for his old companions in sin. But the next words, For there were many, and they...

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