Mark 8:36-37. These verses are emended in accordance with the best readings. life, same word as in Mark 8:35, comp. Matthew 16:25-26 .
In exchange, lit, ‘as a ransom price.' The price which the earthly minded gives for the world is his ‘life,' in the highest sense. But after having laid that down as the price, what has he as a counter price (that is the exact sense of the Greek word), to buy the life back again?
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 16:13. Mark 8:32 HE SPAKE THAT SAYING OPENLY - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility...
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The feeding of the Four Thousand. (Mark 8:1. Matthew 15:32) 2. The Pharisees ask a sign. (Mark 8:10 .Matthew 16:1
MARK 8:27 TO MARK 9:1. THE GREAT CONFESSION, AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE CROSS. Here opens a new section of the gospel. The tendency to seek retirement with the Twelve, pronounced from Mark 6:31 onwards...
COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...
IF HE SHALL GAIN, &c. See App-118. WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. SOUL. life. Same word as life "in Mark 8:35. See Matthew 16:26....
34–9:1. THE DUTY OF SELF-SACRIFICE Matthew 16:24-28; Luke 9:23-27...
ὨΦΕΛΕΙ͂ ([1790][1791][1792] rather than ὠφελήσει ([1793][1794][1795][1796][1797][1798]). ΚΕΡΔΗ͂ΣΑΙ … ΖΗΜΙΩΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ ([1799][1800][1801] rather than ἐὰν κερδήσῃ … ζημιωθῇ ([1802][1803][1804][1805][1806][1...
Ver 34. And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, "Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35. For whosoe...
_JESUS' INSTRUCTIONS ON DISCIPLESHIP -- MARK 8:34-38:_ If we truly believe that Jesus is the Messiah we will follow Him at all cost._ _ He calls people to Him, to know Him and to lovingly obey Him. Th...
ΤΊ (G5101) каким образом, _adv._ полезно (Gundry, 436). ΏΦΕΛΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΏΦΕΛΈΩ (G5623) иметь пользу, выгоду. ΚΕΡΔΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΕΡΔΑΊΝΩ (G2770) зарабатывать, получать выгод...
_SUMMARY 8:14 TO 9:50_ The two miracles recorded in the preceding sectionthe cure of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), and the casting out of the obstinate demon (Mark 9:14-29)are additional...
7. JESUS THE MESSIAH 8:279:1 _TEXT 8:27_9:1 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: and in the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say t...
And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? For the exposition, see the notes at...
19-20 See Mar_6:41-44; Mar_8:7-9.] 19 The comparison here suggested by our Lord is most striking and important. He is seeking to show them that God's blessing comes in _ inverse ratio _ to human provi...
FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HEALING OF A BLIND MAN. CONFESSION OF PETER 1-10. Feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 FOOD FOR 4000 PEOPLE VERSES 1-10 Jesus gave food to a large crowd that did not h...
CHAPTER 8:32 - 9:1 (MARK 8:32 - MARK 9:1) THE REBUKE OF PETER "And He spake the saying openly. And Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him.".. "But when He had turned around and looked at His discipl...
_First lesson on the cross_....
to Mark 9:1. _At Caesarea Philippi_ (Matthew 16:13-28; Luke 9:18-27)....
THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS Mark 8:22-38; Mark 9:1 Our attention has been drawn to the Master's sighs; here, however, was another characteristic act. He spat on the eyes of the blind man, perhaps to...
This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The wa...
(11) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (11) They are the most foolish of all men who purchase the pleasures of this life with the loss of everla...
DISCIPLESHIP Matthew 16:24-26; Mark 8:34-37; Luke 9:23-25. Mark: “Calling to Him the multitude, along with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take...
(34) And when he had called the people _unto him,_ with his disciples also, he said unto them, Who soever will come after me, let him deny himself; and take up his cross, and follow me. (35) For whoso...
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...
_PROFIT AND LOSS_ ‘For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?’ Mark 8:36 Christ does not ask men how they will answer at God’s bar for their lives, onl...
We shall find in chapter 8 another example of that which we have been noticing. Jesus leads the blind man out of the town. He does not forsake Israel wherever there is faith; but He separates the one...
FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN,.... In the long run, in the issue of things, who by denying Christ, and his Gospel, may not only save his life for the present, but procure for himself great riches and...
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Ver. 36. _For what shall it profit a man_] And yet many do as Shimei, that, to seek his servants, lost himself...
_When he had called the people unto him_ To hear a truth of the last importance, and one that equally concerned them all; _whosoever will come after_ me And be a disciple of mine, entitled to all the...
CESAREA PHILIPPI; a town in the north part of Galilee, and near mount Hermon. Philip the tetrarch greatly enlarged it, and called it Cesarea in honor of Tiberius Cesar. Philippi was added to distingui...
Concerning true discipleship:...
FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?...
TITLE: Claim is not Commitment TEXT: Mark 8:34-38 PROPOSITION: Often our claim does not match our level of commitment. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Ways SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Quotes fr...
34-38 Frequent notice is taken of the great flocking there was to Christ for help in various cases. All are concerned to know this, if they expect him to heal their souls. They must not indulge the e...
OLBGrk; Ver. 36,37. Luke saith, if he lose himself and be cast away. Though quchn was rightly translated _life_ in the former verse, the sense justifying that translation of it there, yet here it is a...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI " But plainly, unrighteous gain is pleasure and pain, toil and fear; and, to speak comprehensively, the passions of the soul, the present of which is delightful,...
Mark 8:36 For G1063 what G5101 profit G5623 (G5692) man G444 if G1437 gains G2770 (G5661) whole...
JESUS ADDRESSES THE DISCIPLES ALONG WITH A GATHERED CROWD (8:34-38). Analysis of 8:34-38 a And He called to Him the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let h...
‘For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?' His question was this, is anything worth having or clinging on to if it means losing eternal life? If we gain the whole wo...
Mark 8:34 Saving One's Life by Losing It. When Christ is preached in our day, men are not ashamed of Him on precisely the same grounds that they were in the early days. Christ is represented by great...
Mark 8:35 I. The confession and rebuke of St. Peter seem to be closely connected with the solemn teaching of the text. The fearfully wrong view which St. Peter had taken of what was consistent with th...
Mark 8:36 Two questions meet us on the threshold of this great subject. What is meant by the soul, to which this paramount value is ascribed? And why should there be any natural enmity between the wo...
CONTENTS: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees...
Mark 8:10. _He came into the parts of Dalmanutha,_ situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12. _There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew...
THEN JESUS BEGAN TO TEACH HIS DISCIPLES. Jesus would accomplish God's purpose by his suffering and death (Luke 9:31; Hebrews 2:14-17). See notes on Matthew 16:21-28. If, THEN, A MAN IS ASHAMED OF ME....
_For what shall it profit a man?_ THE WORTH AND EXCELLENCY OF THE SOUL The soul of man is of inestimable value. 1. In respect of its capacity of understanding. 2. In respect of its capacity of mor...
JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH THE FIRST TIME MATTHEW 16:21-28; MARK 8:31-9; LUKE 9:22-27; MATTHEW 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus
CHAPTER 8 1 _Christ feedeth the people miraculously_ : 10 _refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees_ : 14 _admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod...
_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 fortifie...
EXPOSITION MARK 8:1, MARK 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GRE...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8. Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a...
Hebrews 11:24; James 1:9; Job 2:4; Job 22:2; Luke 12:19;...
Gain - lose. See on Matthew 16:26....
Our Saviour had shewn in the former verses the great danger of seeking to save our temporal life, by exposing to hazard our eternal life. This he confirms in the words before us by. double argument: t...