AFTER TWO DAYS. See App-156. Compare Matthew 26:2. AFTER. Greek. Now after. Compare Mark 14:12. Greek. _meta_. App-104. As in verses: Mark 14:28; Mark 14:70. PASSOVER. Aramaic. App-94. See note on Matthew 26:2 SOUGHT. were seeking. TAKE HIM. get hold of Him BY. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:7; Mark 14:29; Mark 14:36; Mark 7:37, Mar 7:49, Mar 7:58, Mar 7:68, Mar 7:71. ON. in; i.e. during. Greek _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:3; Mark 14:6; Mark 14:35, Mar 3:46, Mar 3:62. UPROAR. tumult.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BEING. Parallel with Matthew 26:6. IN. Greek. _en_. App-104. Not the same word as inw Mar 20:60, Mar 20:62. THE HOUSE, &c. Not therefore the first supper (John 12:1, &c.), as that was in the house of Lazarus, six days before the Passover. See App-156 and App-159. THE LEPER. Note the Figure of... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. At the first anointing it was only one, Judas (John 12:4).. WITHIN. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 14:58. WAS... MADE = is come to. pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR Greek. _gar,_ giving the reason. PENCE. See App-51. MURMURED. deeply moved. Occurs only in Mark 1:43; Matthew 9:30, and John 11:33; John 11:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. App-98. WROUGHT. The object had been accomplished. In John 12:7 (on the former occasion) it was to be reserved for the burial. GOOD. happy, excellent, appropriate. Not the same word as in Mark 14:7. ON. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:2; Mark 14:3; Mark 14:35... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. in company with. Greek. _meta._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 14:49. WHENSOEVER YE WILL. A Divine supplement, here. YE WILL. ye wish. Greek. _thelo_. App-102., MAY. can. GOOD. Not the same word as in Mark 14:6. ME YE HAVE NOT ALWAYS. Transubstantiation is incompatible with this.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD. What she had [to do] she did,. Divine supplement, here. TO ANOINT. to anoint [beforehand], Occurs only here. TO. for, or unto. Greek _eis._ App-104. BURYING. embalming. See note on Matthew 26:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. WHERESOEVER. With _an_, with the Subjunctive, marking the phrase as being hypothetical. See note on Matthew 10:23. GOSPEL. glad tidings. PREACHED. proclaimed. Greek. _kerusso_. App-121. THROUGHOUT. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. FOR. G... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT. went off (smarting under the rebukes of verses: Mark 14:6). UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word Mark 14:34. TO BETRAY. to the end that he might deliver up.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE GLAD. rejoiced. SOUGHT. kept seeking; i.e. busied himself continuously. This is the sense of the Imperf. Tense here. BETRAY. deliver up.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. This was the 14th of Nisan; the first day of the Feast, the 15th of Nisan, was the "high day": the great sabhnth, See App-156. Moreover, "the preparation "had not yet been made. See note on Matthew 26:17. KILLED. were wont to kill. THE PASSOVER. _Pascha.,_ Aramai... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. A MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. MAN BEARING. PITCHER. Most unusual, for women carry pitchers, and more carry skin bottles.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE. the Master ofthe house. THE MASTER. The Teacher. App-98. _ _... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. be himself. FURNISHED. spread with couches and other necessaries.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. just as.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE EVENING. the evening having come.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. from among. Greek. _ek._ App-104. Notthe same word as in Mark 14:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGAN. See note on Mark 1:1. BY. Greek. _kata._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. into. Greek. _eis._ App-101. As in Mark 14:60. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:3; Mark 14:25; Mark 14:30, Mar 3:49, Mar 3:62.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF MAN, See App-98. IS WRITTEN. it standeth written. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 14:18; Mark 14:20; Mark 14:23, Mar 18:25, Mar 18:69, Mar 18:70. _ THAT_ MAN. Emphatic, BY. by means of. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Mark 14:1. Not the some word as... [ Continue Reading ]
DID EAT. were eating. All that happened before and at this third supper is not given in Mark. EAT. All the texts omit this word. IS. represents. Figure of speech _Metaphor._ See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BLOOD. No covenant could be made without blood. See note on Matthew 26:28, NEW TESTAMENT. new covenant. See note on Matthew 26:28, and App-95. Compare Jeremiah 31:31, IS SHED. is being, or is about to be shed. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Tense), App-6, or Figure of speech _Prolepsis,_ App-... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL. that. will. After the verb "to say" the conj. _hoti_ marks off the words spoken. Compare Matthew 14:26; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 20:12; Matthew 21:3; Matthew 26:34; Matthew 27:47. Mat 1:40. Matthew 6:14; Matthew 6:15;... [ Continue Reading ]
SUNG AN HYMN. See Matthew 26:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE OFFENDED = will stumble. BECAUSE OF. in, or at. Greek. _en_. App-104. THIS NIGHT = in (Greek. _en)_ this night. But all the texts omit "because... night". ([L].) FOR. because. IT IS WRITTEN = it standeth written. Quoted from Zechariah 13:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM RISEN. = My being raised. GO BEFORE. Compare Matthew 26:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTHOUGH. Even if all, &c. Throwing no doubt on the hypothesis. App-118.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THIS DAY. The conj, _hoti_ makes "this day" part of what He said. See note on Luke 23:43, and Mark 14:25 above. We have the same construction in Luke 4:2 t; Mar 19:9, but not in Matthew 21:28; Luke 22:34; Luke 23:43. THE COCK. a cock. See App-160. TWICE. A Divine supplement, only here. See Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. kept saying. VEHEMENTLY. of (Greek. _ek_. App-104.) excess. IF. SHOULD DIE, &c.. lf it were needful for me to die, &c. The condition being uncertain, and the result remaining to be seen. App-118. b NOT... IN ANY WISE. Gr, _ou me._ App-105. ALSO SAID. said they all also: i.e. all as well a... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. come. GETHSEMANE. See note on Mat 28:36. PRAY. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM. Himself. SORE AMAZED. Greek _ekthambeo._. Divine supplement, here, Mark 9:15, and Mark 16:5; Mark 16:6. VERY HEAVY. -deeply weighed down, or depressed.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Greek. _psuche_. See App-110. IV UNTO. even to. Greek. _heos._... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. GROUND. Greek. _ge_. App-129., PRAYED. was praying; as in Mark 14:32. Here in the Imperf. Tense. HOUR. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6, for what is done in that time. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo_. App-104. As in Mark 14:36 and Mark 14:52.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABBA. Aramaic for Father. Occurs only here, Romans 8:15, and Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:6. See App-94. (Hebrew. _'ab_.) Father. App-98. WILL... WILT. Greek. _thelo._ App-102. 1,... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEEPING... STEEPEST. having composed themselves for sleep. Greek. _katheudo;_ not _koimaomai_. See notes on 1 Thessalonians 4:14 and Mark 5:6. SIMON. The name. Divine supplement, here. COULDEST NOT THOU = wast thou not able.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEST YE ENTER, ETC.. that ye may not (Greek. _me_, as Mark 14:2) enter, &c. SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma_. App-101. READY. prompt, or willing. Occurs only here, Matthew 26:41, and Romans 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE THE SAME WORDS. A Divine supplement, here.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER WIST THEY. and they knew not (Greek. _ou_. App-105). WIST. knew. Greek. _oida._ App-132, "Wist" is the Past Tense of Anglo-Saxon _wftan. to_ know.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. the remaining time. IT IS ENOUGH. he is receiving [the money, Mark 14:11]. The verb _apecho,_ in the _Papyri,_ is the technical word for _giving. receipt._ See the notes on Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16. C p. Lam 6:24.Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:18, Phm. Mark 1:15. The Lord knew tha... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6); same word asbehold in Mark 14:41. IS AT HAND. is drawn near. If the Lord knew this, He knew that Judas had received the money (Mark 14:41).... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. being one. See note on Matthew 26:47. MULTITUDE. crowd. STAVES: or clubs. Greek _xulon =_ wood, timber. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for weapons made from timber. FROM. from beside. Greek _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT BETRAYED HIM. that was delivering Him up. TOKEN. a concerted sign. Greek. _sussemon_,. compound of the Greek _sun_ (in conjunction with. App-104) and semeion. a sign. TAKE. seize, SAFELY. secured assuredly. Occurs only here, Acts 2:36; Acts 16:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOETH. cometh up. MASTER, MASTER. Rabbi, Rabbi. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6). great Rabbi. Notethat Judas never spoke of or to Him as "Lord". Compare 1 Corinthians 12:3 KISSED. effusively kissed. See note on Matthew 26:49.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THEM, &c. This was Peter (not named in Matthew, Mark, or Luke, but only in John 18:10). DREW. SWORD. Compare Luke 22:35. A SERVANT. the servant. See note on Matthew 26:51. EAR. Greek. _otion;_ but all the texts read _otarion._ See note on Matthew 26:51.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED AND SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41, AGAINST. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THIEF. robber, as in Mark 15:27. See note on Matthew 26:55,... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Greek. _pros._ App-104. BUT. but [this is done] to the end that, &c. Luke 22:37; Luke 24:44. Compare Zechariah 13:7; Isaiah 53:7, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSOOK HIM, AND FLED. leaving Him, fled.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE FOLLOWED, &c. This is. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark's Gospel. FOLLOWED. was following. A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN. one particular young man. That this might be Lazarus. is probable: (1) because he Lord had returned to Bethany each preceding night of the week; (2) because Lazarus would be... [ Continue Reading ]
LEFT, &c.. leaving behind. fled. THE LINEN CLOTH. the _sindon_.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. WITH HIM. to him: i.e. by his order or edict. and the figure of speech _Polyeyndeton_ (App-6) emphasizes each class.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104. afar. EVEN. as far as within. PALACE. court. See note on Matthew 26:3. HE SAT. he was sitting, and continued to sit. SERVANTS. officers. WARMED. was warming. AT. Greek. _pros._ App-104. FIRE. Greek. light; put by Figure of speech _Metonyony_ (of Adjunct)... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE. the whole. COUNCIL. Sanhedrin. SOUGHT FOR WITNESS AGAINST. were seeking, 7c. This was contrary to their rule: "In judgments against the life of any man, they begin first to transact about quitting the party who is tried, and they begin not with those things which make for his condemnation... [ Continue Reading ]
BARE. were bearing. WITNESS. testimonies. AGREED NOT. were not alike.. Divine supplement, here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING. saying that. See note on Mark 14:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPLE. Greek. _naos._ See Matthew 23:16. MADE WITH HANDS... MADE WITHOUT HANDS. A Divine supplement, here. WITHIN. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Mark 14:1. Not the same word as in Mark 14:4. ANOTHER. Greek. _allos_. See App-124.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD UP IN THE MIDST. stood up [and came down] into the midst. Showing that this was not. formal judicial trial, but only to get sufficient evidence to send the Lord to Pilate (Mark 15:1). ASKED. further asked.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. THE BLESSED. Used by the Jews instead of the name, _Jehovah._... [ Continue Reading ]
AM. AM [HE] See John 4:26; John 8:28; John 8:58. each time followed by extraordinary effects. See John 18:6. SEE. Greek. _opsomai_. App-138. THE SON OF MAN. The last occurance of this title (App-98) in Mark. The first is Mark 2:10. ON. at. Greek. _ek._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mark... [ Continue Reading ]
RENT HIS CLOTHES. This was strictly forbidden. See Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONDEMNED. Greek _katakrino._ App-122. GUILTY. liable to.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUFFET. cuff. See note on Matthew 26:67. DID STRIKE. kept striking. WITH THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS. Greek. _rapisma_ with smart blows. Occurs only here and in John 18:22; John 19:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED UPON. See App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE DENIED. See App-160. KNOW. Greek _oida._ App-132. UNDERSTAND. Greek. _epistanai._ App-132. THE PORCH. the vestibule. Greek. _proaulion._ Occ, only here in N.T.:. the vestibule leading from the outer gate to the court, THE. a. See App-160.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAID. the maid. See App-160.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO CURSE AND TO SWEAR. cursing and swearing. The verb _anathematizo_ is not peculiar to Biblical Greek, as alleged; for Deissmann shows, from the _Papyri,_ that it is of pagan origin, first coined by Greek Jews. (See _Light from the Ancient East,_ pp Mar 92:93.)... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. saying. Greek. _rhema_. See note on Mark 9:32. BEFORE. that (_hoti_) before. See note on Mark 14:25. SHALT. wilt.... [ Continue Reading ]