CHAPTER XIV. _The Jews conspire against Christ_, 1, 2. _He is anointed in the house of Simon the Leper_, 3-9. _Judas Iscariot sells him to the chief priests for thirty pieces_ _of money_, 10, 11. _He orders his disciples to prepare the passover_, 12-16. _Predicts his approaching death_, 17-21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:3. _ALABASTER BOX_] Among critics and learned men there are various conjectures concerning the alabaster mentioned by the evangelists: some think it means a _glass_ phial; others, that it signifies a small vessel _without a handle_, from α negative and λαβη, _a handle_; and others imag... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:5. _IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD_] το μυρον, _This ointment_, is added by ABCDKL, thirty-five others, _AEthiopic, Armenian, Gothic_, all the _Itala_ except one. _Griesbach_ has received it into the text. The _sum_ mentioned here would amount to nearly 10_£_ sterling.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:8. _TO ANOINT MY BODY TO THE BURYING._] εις τον ενταφιασμον, _against_, or _in reference to_, its _embalmment_, thus pointing out my death and the embalmment of my body, for the bodies of persons of distinction were wrapped up in aromatics to preserve them from putrefaction. Matthew 26... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:9. _FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER._] Matthew 26:13, Matthew 26:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:11. _THEY WERE GLAD_] The joy that arises from the opportunity of murdering an innocent person must be completely _infernal_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:13. _BEARING A PITCHER OF WATER_] How correct is the foreknowledge of Jesus Christ! Even the _minutest_ circumstances are comprehended by it! An _honest employment_, howsoever _mean_, is worthy the attention of God; and even a man bearing a _pitcher of_ _water_ is marked in all his ste... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:14. _SAY YE TO THE GOOD MAN OF THE HOUSE_] ειπατε τω οικοδεσποτη - Say ye to the master of the house. The _good man_ and the _good woman_ mean, among us, the _master_ and _mistress_ of the house. A _Hindoo_ woman never calls her husband by his name; but simply, _the man of the house_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:15. _FURNISHED_] Spread with carpets - εστρωμενον - so this word is often used. See WAKEFIELD. But it may also signify the couches on which the guests reclined when eating. It does not appear that the Jews ate the passover now, as their fathers did formerly, _standing, with their shoes... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 19. _AND ANOTHER SAID, IS IT I?_] This clause is wanting in BCLP, _seventeen_ others, _Syriac, Persic, Arabic, Coptic,_ _AEthiopic, Vulgate_, and four of the _Itala. Griesbach_ leaves it doubtful: others leave it out.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 20. _THAT DIPPETH WITH ME IN THE DISH._] In the east, persons never eat together from one dish, except when a strong attachment subsists between _two_ or _more_ persons of the _same_ caste; in such a case one invites another to come and sit by him and eat from the same dish. This custom seems... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 21. _GOETH_] That is, to die. Matthew 26:24, Matthew 26:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 22. _EAT_] This is omitted by many MSS. and versions, but I think without reason. It is found in the parallel places, Matthew 26:26; 1 Corinthians 11:24. See the subject of the _Lord's Supper_ largely explained on Matthew 26:26, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 30. _THAT_ THOU] συ is added by ABEGHKLMS-V, _eighty-eight_ others, _Syriac, Arabic, Persic, Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian,_ _Slavonic, Vulgate, Saxon, Theophylact_, and _Euthymsus_. It adds much to the energy of the passage, every word of which is deeply emphatical. _Verily, I say unto thee, th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 36. _ABBA, FATHER_] This Syriac word, which intimates _filial affection_ and _respect_, and _parental tenderness_, seems to have been used by our blessed Lord merely considered as _man_, to show his complete submission to his Father's will, and the tender affection which he was conscious his... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 37. _SAITH UNTO PETER_] Matthew 26:40, Matthew 26:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 51. _A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN_] Probably raised from his sleep by the noise which the rabble made who came to apprehend Jesus, having wrapped the sheet or some of the bed-clothing about him, became thereby the more conspicuous: on his appearing, he was seized; but as they had no way of _holding_ hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 52. _AND HE LEFT THE LINEN CLOTH, AND FLED FROM THEM_ _NAKED._] It has often been intimated, by the inhabitants of _India_, that a European in strait clothes must be in great danger when his clothes take fire. From their loose clothing they can suddenly disengage themselves. When two Hindoos a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 54. _PETER FOLLOWED_] On Peter's denial, see Matthew 26:57, c. _AT THE FIRE._] προς τ οφως, literally, _at the light_, i.e. a fire that cast considerable light, in consequence of which, the maid servant was the better able to distinguish him: see Mark 14:67.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:61. _OF THE BLESSED?_] Θεου του ευλογητου, Or, _of God the_ _blessed_ one. Θεου, is added here by AK, ten others, _Vulgate_, and one of the _Itala_. It might be introduced into the text, put in Italics, if the authority of the MSS. and versions be not deemed sufficient. It appears nece... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Mark 14:72. _AND WHEN HE THOUGHT THEREON, HE WEPT._] Or, _he fell_ _a weeping_. This Mr. _Wakefield_ thinks comes nearest to the original, επιβαλων εκλαιε. Others think it means the wrapping of his head in the skirts of his garment, through shame and anguish. Others think that επιβαλων rather... [ Continue Reading ]