Kind social dealings at proper times, with all sorts of persons, in order to do them good, is essential to the highest excellence and the greatest usefulness; and none are so exalted, that they ought to think it beneath them.
MARK 2:16 evsqi,ei {B} The addition of kai. pi,nei is a natural accretion inserted by copyists, perhaps under the influence of the parallel passage in Luke 5:30. The shorter reading, which is strongl...
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...
Verse Mark 2:16. _SINNERS_] By αμαρτωλοι, the Gentiles or heathens are generally to be understood in the Gospels, for this was a term the Jews never applied to any of themselves, Matthew 9:10, Matthe...
See the notes at Matthew 9:12....
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. ...
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...
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...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
AND PHARISEES. L and Tr. read "of the Pharisees". App-120. EAT. eating. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. SAID. kept saying. HOW IS IT... ? Why [doth]... ?...
_they said unto his disciples_ Overawed by the miracles He had wrought and the overthrow they had lately experienced at the healing of the paralytic, and not as yet venturing on any open rupture with...
15–17. THE FEAST IN LEVI’S HOUSE Matthew 9:10-13; Luke 5:29-32...
ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙ͂Σ ΤΩ͂Ν ΦΑΡΙΣΑΊΩΝ ΚΑῚ ἸΣΌΝΤΕΣ ([299][300][301][302] 33) rather than γρ. καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες ([303][304][305][306]). ὍΤΙ ἘΣΘΊΕΙ ([307] 33) is probably to be preferred to ὅτι ἤσθιεν ([308]...
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...
_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...
ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Mark 2:5. _Aor._ описывает предыдущее действие: "когда он увидел" ΈΛΕΓΟΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Mark 2:12. Inch, _impf._, "они начали говорить"....
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...
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....
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...
CALL OF LEVI (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES] RV 'the scribes of the Pharisees': implying that some scribes were Sadducees, though this was rare....
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
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...
(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....
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...
ἔλεγον : the scribes advance from _thinking_ (Mark 2:6) to _speaking_; not yet, however, _to_ Jesus but _about_ Him to His disciples. They note, with disapproval, His kindly relations with “sinners”....
_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....
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
_CONSORTING WITH SINNERS_ “How is it that He eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?’ Mark 2:16 This question, which was asked by the scribes and Pharisees, is very instructive, for the ans...
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...
AND WHEN THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SAW HIM EAT,.... They were offended at his eating and drinking, though it was in moderation; because he did not fast as they, and their disciples did; and especially...
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? Ver. 16. _They said unto his...
_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...
The reception and dinner:...
AND WHEN THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SAW HIM EAT WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, THEY SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, HOW IS IT THAT HE EATETH AND DRINKETH WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS?...
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...
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...
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...
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‘And the Scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners”.' The sight of Jesu...
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...
Mark 2:16. See on Matthew 9:11. Both Mark and Luke, in different forms, say that these SCRIBES WERE OF THE PHARISEES, _i.e.,_ of that party. WHEN THEY SAW THAT HE EATETH. It is probable that they cam...
Mark 2:15-22. THE FEAST AT LEVI'S HOUSE AND DISCOURSES THERE. _See on Matthew 9:10._...
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...
THE SCRIBES OF THE PHARISEES (ο γραμματεις των Φαρισαιων). This is the correct text. Cf. "their scribes" in Luke 5:30. Matthew gave a great reception (δοχην, Luke 5:29) in his house (Mark 2:15). The...
SINNERS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Mark 2:16 I. The question which was asked by the scribes and Pharisees is very instructive, for the answer to it illustrates the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ in His work and person. Why was He at al...
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...
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...
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...
_And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with publicans and sinners._ THE CURSE OF BIGOTRY The sins society winks at are worse than those it censures. The most alarming sin is the self-delusi...
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...
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
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 12:3; Isaiah 65:5; Luke 15:2; Luke 18:11;...
Scribes and Pharisees. But the best texts read grammateiv twn Farisaiwn, scribes of the Pharisees. So Rev. Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees. They had followed him into the hall where the...
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...
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...
And the scribes and Pharisees said — So now the wise men being joined by the saints of the world, went a little farther in raising prejudices against our Lord. In his answer he uses as yet no harshnes...