_CHRIST HEALETH ONE SICK OF THE PALSY; CALLETH MATTHEW FROM THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOM; EATETH WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS; EXCUSETH HIS DISCIPLES FOR NOT FASTING; AND FOR PLUCKING THE EARS OF CORN ON THE SABBATH-DAY._ _Anno Domini 31._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AGAIN HE ENTERED INTO CAPERNAUM, &C.— See Luke 5:17; Luke 5:39. _In the house,_ means "In St. Peter's house.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH WAS BORNE OF FOUR.— _Who was carried by four._... [ Continue Reading ]
_MARK 2:4_. AND _WHEN THEY COULD NOT COME NIGH,_ &C.— The better to understand the particulars in this verse, it will be proper to consider the manner of building in the East, which we find largely described in Dr. Shaw's excellent Travels, where he has given us a full explanation of the passage bef... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DOTH THIS MAN THUS SPEAK BLASPHEMIES?— The word _blasphemy,_ in prophane writings, signifies slander, calumny, or any kind of opprobrious language; but in Scripture it commonly denotes opprobrious speeches against God's being, attributes, or operations; such as when we ascribe to God the infirmi... [ Continue Reading ]
WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY, &C.— To _say,_ and to _perform,_ were the same to Christ. What he here _said_ he _did;_ remitting sin, and curing diseases by his word. To _forgive sins_ is comparatively a more difficult, though invisible miracle, and therefore he added the outward cure to confirm it.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE NEVER SAW, &C.— _We never saw any thing like this._ Heylin. _By the sea-side,_ in the next verse, is meant, _By the lake of Gennesareth._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE WERE MANY, AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM.— _For many of them had followed him._ Heylin.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THAT ARE WHOLE— Or, _That are well._... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN, &C.— _Nobody seweth a piece of undressed cloth on all old garment; otherwise the new patch teareth the old cloth, and maketh a worse rent._—Ver. 22. _Nobody putteth new wine into old leathern bottles,_ &c. Campbell.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAYS OF ABIATHAR— In the history, the priest from whom David received the shew-bread is called _Ahimelech;_ and it is generally agreed that he was the high-priest, because Doeg accused him of inquiring of the Lord for David, (1 Samuel 22:10.) a thing which none but the priest, having on him t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN— The sabbath was contrived for the benefit and relief of man, being instituted in commemoration of the creation of the world finished in six days, and to perpetuate to latest ages the knowledge of this grand truth,—that the world was made by God,—i... [ Continue Reading ]