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Mark 3

Mark 3:1

CHAPTER III. _The man with the withered hand healed_, 1-5. _The Pharisees plot our Lord's destruction_, 6. _Christ withdraws, and is followed by a great multitude_, 7-9. _He heals many, and goes to a mountain to pray_, 10-13. _He ordains twelve disciples, and, gives them power to preach_ _and... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:2

Verse Mark 3:2. _THEY WATCHED HIM_] παρετηρουν αυτον, _they maliciously_ _watched him_. Luke 14:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:4

Verse Mark 3:4. _TO DO GOOD - OR - EVIL? TO SAVE LIFE, OR TO KILL?_] It was a maxim with the Jews, as it should be with all men, that he who neglected to preserve life when it was in his power, was to be reputed a murderer. Every principle of sound justice requires that he should be considered in th... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:5

Verse Mark 3:5. _WITH ANGER, BEING GRIEVED FOR THE HARDNESS OF THEIR_ _hearts_] These words are not found in any of the other evangelists. For πωρωσει _hardness_, or rather _callousness_, the _Codex Bezae_, and four of the _Itala_, read νεκρωσει, _deadness_; the _Vulgate_ and some of the _Itala, ca... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:8

Verse Mark 3:8. _TYRE - SIDON_, c.] See Matthew 11:21. _WHEN THEY HAD HEARD WHAT GREAT THINGS HE DID, CAME UNTO HIM._] So, if Christ be persecuted and abandoned by the wicked, there are a multitude of pious souls who earnestly seek and follow him. He who labours for God will always _find_ more than... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:9

Verse Mark 3:9. _A SMALL SHIP_] πλοιαριον. _The lytil boot_, Old English MS. It was doubtless something of the _boat_ kind, which probably belonged to some of the disciples. Our Lord was at this time teaching by the sea of Galilee. The word _ship_ is utterly improper in many places of our translatio... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:10

Verse Mark 3:10. _THEY PRESSED UPON HIM_] _Rushed upon him_, επιπιπτειν - through eagerness to have their spiritual and bodily maladies immediately removed. _PLAGUES._] Rather _disorders_, μαστιγας; properly such disorders as were inflicted by the Lord. The word _plague_ also tends to mislead.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:11

Verse Mark 3:11. _THOU ART THE SON OF GOD._] Two MSS., and the later _Syriac_, have, _Thou art the Christ, the Son of God_. One of Stephens's MSS. has, _Thou art the Holy One of God_. A MS. in the library of Leicester has, συ ει ὁ Θεος, υἱος, _Thou art_ GOD, _the_ _Son_. This is an uncommon readin... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:14

Verse Mark 3:14. _HE ORDAINED TWELVE_] εποιησε, he _made_ twelve. Here is nothing of what we call _ordaining_. Christ simply appointed them to be with him; and that he might send them occasionally to preach, c. _TO PREACH_] The _Codex Bezae, Saxon_, and all the _Itala_, except one, add το ευαγγελιο... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:15

Verse Mark 3:15. _TO HAVE POWER TO HEAL - AND TO CAST OUT DEVILS_] The business of a minister of Christ is, 1st. To _preach_ the _Gospel_. 2dly. To be the _physician_ of souls. And, 3dly. To _wage_ war with the _devil_, and destroy his kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:17

Verse 17. _SONS OF THUNDER_] A Hebraism for _thunderers_; probably so named because of their _zeal_ and _power_ in preaching the Gospel. The term _Boanerges_ is neither Hebrew nor Syriac. Calmet and others think that there is reason to believe that the Greek transcribers have not copied it exactly... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:19

Verse 19. _INTO A HOUSE._] As Christ was now returned to Capernaum, this was probably the house of Peter, mentioned Mark 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:21

Verse 21. _HIS FRIENDS_] Or, _relations_. On this verse several MSS. differ considerably. I have followed the reading of the Syriac, because I think it the best: οιπαραυτου signify merely _his relatives, his brethren_, c., see Mark 3:31 and the phrase is used by the best writers to signify _relative... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:27

Verse Mark 3:27. _NO MAN_, c.] For an explanation of these verses, and a definition of the _sin against the Holy Ghost_, see Matthew 12:29.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 3:31

Verse Mark 3:31. _HIS BRETHREN AND HIS MOTHER_] Or rather, _his mother_ _and his brethren_. This is the arrangement of the best and most ancient MSS.; and this clause, και αἱ αδελφαι σου, _and thy_ _sisters_, Mark 3:32, should be ADDED, on the authority of ADEFGMSUV, _fifty-five_ others, some editi... [ Continue Reading ]

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