Mark 2:1
II. (1) AND AGAIN HE ENTERED INTO CAPERNAUM. — See Notes on Matthew 9:1. St. Mark alone names Capernaum, St. Matthew describing it as “His own city.” The house may have been Peter’s, as before in Mark 1:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
II. (1) AND AGAIN HE ENTERED INTO CAPERNAUM. — See Notes on Matthew 9:1. St. Mark alone names Capernaum, St. Matthew describing it as “His own city.” The house may have been Peter’s, as before in Mark 1:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO, NOT SO MUCH AS ABOUT THE DOOR. — Another of St. Mark’s graphic touches of description. HE PREACHED THE WORD. — Literally, _He spake the word. _... [ Continue Reading ]
BORNE OF FOUR. — The number of the bearers is given by St. Mark only.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY UNCOVERED THE ROOF... WHEN THEY HAD BROKEN IT UP. — The strong expressions of the injury done to the roof are peculiar to St. Mark. St. Luke gives, “through the tiles.” THEY LET DOWN THE BED. — St. Mark uses a different word from St. Matthew, the Greek form of the Latin word _grabatus,_ the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES. — These are described by St. Luke (Luke 5:17) as “having come from every village of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem.”... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DOTH THIS MAN...? — The better MSS. give, “Why doth this Man thus speak? He blasphemeth.”... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN HIS SPIRIT. — The special mention of the spirit as the region of our Lord’s consciousness is, as part of this narrative, peculiar to St. Mark, and is not without importance in its bearing on the reality and completeness of our Lord’s human nature.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE NEVER SAW IT ON THIS FASHION. — St. Matthew gives the substance but not the words. St. Luke, “We have seen strange things to-day.”... [ Continue Reading ]
(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.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS. — Closely as the three accounts agree, it is noticeable that here also St. Mark and St. Luke, as writing for Gentile readers, omit the reference which we find in Matthew 9:13, to the words cited by our Lord from the Old Testament.... [ Continue Reading ]
(18-22) AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN.... USED TO FAST. — Better, _were fasting._ See Notes on Matthew 9:14. The only difference in detail between the two accounts is that in St. Matthew the disciples of John are more definitely specified as being the questioners.... [ Continue Reading ]
(23-28) AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 12:1. AS THEY WENT ... — More literally, _they began to make a path_ (or perhaps, _to make their way_)_, plucking the ears of corn. _... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAYS OF ABIATHAR THE HIGH PRIEST. — St. Mark’s is the only record that gives the name of the high priest, and in so doing it creates an historical difficulty. In 1 Samuel 21:1, Ahimelech is named as exercising the high priest’s office in the Tabernacle at Nob. He is slain by Doeg, at the comm... [ Continue Reading ]