Mark 3:1-35
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE 1-6. The withered hand (Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE 1-6. The withered hand (Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
HERODIANS] see on Matthew 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHDRAWAL OF JESUS. MULTITUDES HEALED. See on Matthew 12:15. St. Mark's account is much fuller. Observe here (_a_) the extraordinary sensation made by the appearance of Jesus, as shown by the great distances from which the multitudes were drawn; (_b_) the enormous number of cures, without any allus... [ Continue Reading ]
IDUMAEA] The district S. of Judæa and the Dead Sea. BEYOND JORDAN] This district, like Tyre and Sidon, was mainly Gentile, and it is possible that among those healed were some Gentiles.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAGUES] lit. 'scourges,' diseases being regarded as a divine chastisement.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ART THE SON OF GOD] i.e. 'the Messiah.' See on Mark 1:21. 13-19A. CHOICE OF THE TWELVE (Matthew 10:2; Luke 6:12). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOANERGES] The sons of Zebedee are so named from their vehement character, and perhaps also from their powerful eloquence (cp. Mark 9:38; Mark 10:37; Luke 9:53). So Virgil speaks of 'the twin Scipiadæ, those two thunderbolts of war.' The form _Boanerges_ is corrupt and its derivation doubtful. Proba... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CANAANITE] RV 'the Cananæan' or 'zealot': see on Matthew 10:4. 19B-30. CHRIST IS ACCUSED OF DEALINGS WITH BEELZEBUB (Matthew 12:22). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HOUSE] perhaps Simon's.... [ Continue Reading ]
A graphic touch derived from the personal reminiscences of Peter.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS FRIENDS] From Mark 3:31 they appear to have been His mother and brethren. 'There is both a logical and chronological relation between this attitude of our Lord's family and this new phase of the opposition of the scribes. The logical relation is found in the language of the two. His family said... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS MOTHER AND HIS BRETHREN (Matthew 12:46; Luke 8:19). See on Mt, and on Mark 3:21.... [ Continue Reading ]