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Gnomon of the New Testament — Volume 1
Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 · 248,436 words · 558 reading sections
St Mark Xiii. 11-80. 561
11. M7]3= psXtrart, neither do ye meditate) Not merely you have need of no anxiety, but not even of premeditation. — roE/ro, this very thing) the whole of it, and without fear. [For it is with that aim it is supplied to you. — V. g.] 14. "O-rou o-j 8eT, where it ought not) Language adapted to His hearers' modes of…
423 wordsSECTION 542662 St Mark Xiii. 32.
32. OuBt 6 u/'ig, neither the Son} This, which had been omitted in Matthew, has been recorded by Mark, inasmuch as believers being by this time confirmed in the faith, coiild now more readily bear it [than they could have borne it in Matthew's early time]. [It is also omitted by Luke, who seems to have softened do…
438 wordsSECTION 543St Mark Xiii. 34-87.-Xiv. 1, 3. 563
variety. He speaks most humbly in this passage, and thereby qualifies [modifies] the feeling of His glory, which His discourse concerning the judgment was carrying with it. You may say, Why is He in this passage called the Son, a denomination which is not taken from His human nature ? The answer is : In enunciatio…
274 wordsSECTION 544564 St Mark Xiv. 5-12,
1. To Ta<r%«, the passover) This is said in a strict sense, as in ver. 12 ; for r« «£u/za, " the feast of unleavened bread," is added. — IMTO. 8ub tyttifof) That is to say on the following day.1 3. n/ffr/zSj;, genuine) French veritable [So marg. of Eng. 1 Two days before the Passover. — ED. and TKANSL. Vers., pure…
451 wordsSECTION 545St Mark Xiv. 13-23. 5G5
The Jews, according to the commandment of the law, and therefore so also the disciples, were killing it. — V. g.] 13. 'ATavT-jjtrs/, there shall meet} A wonderful sign : 1) that a person is about to meet them : 2) that person a man : 3) that man alone : 4) that too, immediately : 5) he should be bearing a vessel :…
402 wordsSECTION 546866 St Mark Xiv. 27-86.
clause interposed between the words of the Lord is an argument, that the words, This is My body, this is My blood, were said, during the time whilst they were eating, and whilst they wrere drinking. Whence the evangelists either prefix or else subjoin those words ; comp. note, Matt. iii. 7. All drank, even Judas ; …
406 wordsSECTION 547St Mark Xiv. 41-54. 567
Father, by way of interpretation : For Matthew, ch. xxvi. 39, 42, says that what was said by Jesus was simply, " My Father :" Luke, i Father,' ch. xxii. 42. On the cross, He said Eli, Eli. — TI, what) The question in the case, saith He, is not what I will, but ivhat Thou wrilt. 41. Ka/ spiral, and He cometh) The t…
401 wordsSECTION 548568 St Mark Xiv. 60-72.
when under other circumstances he might have been safer : comp. ver. 67. 60. Oux ; ri ; answerest them not ? What is it that, etc. ?) Two distinct interrogations.1 61. EuXo^jjroi/, of the Blessed) "jra, the Blessed God. [62. 'E/w lipt, I am) Jesus, when His enemies spake false wit ness against Him, and when His d…
359 wordsSECTION 549Chapter Xv.
7. 'Ev rip srdfffi, in the insurrection) A charge most offensive in the eyes of Herod, who would therefore be likely to punish Barabbas with hearty good-will. 8. 'Aka/Sojjcraj) having raised a cry. It is to this the reference is, ver. 13, They cried out again. Formerly the Vulg. read amfiag ; or even other paraphr…
353 wordsSECTION 550670 St Mark Xv. 21-25.
led out of the city, no mortal man, we may suppose, would have been likely to have discovered, not to say, would have been able to have persuaded others, had not the wisdom of the apostle instructed us on the subject, Heb. xiii. 11-14. — Harm., p. 559.] 21. ' Ep^ofttvov, coming) either in order to be present at the…
428 wordsSECTION 551St Mark Xv. 28-39. 571
had crucified Him. But if this had been his meaning, Mark would have said, There were three hours ; and in that case, pass ing by the hour of the crucifixion itself, he would say, what occurred three hours afterwards [which is not likely] : for, both the casting of lots, and the superscription written, were acts m…
390 wordsSECTION 552672 St Mark Xv. 41-45.
hausted to death by faintness, but most voluntarily laid down His life.— V. g.] 41. TaXiXaicf,, Galilee) Here it was that He had sojourned for a great part of His time : He had come to Jerusalem, especially at the times of the festivals. 42. npoadplSaTov, the day before the Sabbath) When there was the beginning m…
323 wordsSECTION 553Chapter Xvi.
1. 'Hyo'paffav, they [7iacT] bought) On the day before the Sab bath they prepared the sweet spices, Luke xxiii. 56, xxiv. 1. Therefore it must have been then also that they had bought them : for on the day following the Sabbath they could not have bought them so early in the morning. Accordingly, either &uvytvof**…
342 wordsSECTION 554574 St Mark Xvi. 7 14.
7. 'AXX' virayen, but go your way} in antithesis to [ver. 6] He is not here ; [ver. 7] there shall ye see Him. — KOI r& iitrpw, and Peter) who subsequently proclaimed this testimony in his Acts and Epistles. \_How great must have been the refreshment of spirit, as we may suppose, afforded by this to that disciple, …
408 wordsSECTION 555St Mark Xvi. 15-17. 575
shame. — V. g.] — xai ffxXrtpoxap&av, and hardness of heart) Faith and a tender heart are always conjoined. 15. Kdff/iov, the world) Jesus Christ, the Lord of all, [is the fitting Giver of this command to preach in all the world], — T«<r?j, all), ver. 20 [everywhere^. This is said without limitation. If all men, o…
420 wordsSECTION 556576 St Mark Xvi. 18.
in the beginning the props and stays of faith : now they are also the object of faith. At Leonberg, a town of Wirtemberg [A.C. 1644, thirteenth Sunday after Trinity], a girl of twenty years of age was so disabled in her limbs, as hardly to be able to creep along by the help of crutches ; but whilst the Dean [Raume…
468 wordsSECTION 557Notice To Subscbibebs.
it is more desirable [more to be wished for] to wing one's flight by faith out of this world into the other, than to return to this life. 19. 'O Kvpiog, the Lord) A magnificent and suitable appella tion, ver. 20 [ch. xii. 36]. — jj,sra rb AaXJjera/ auTo?s, after He had spoken to them) He furnished them with His in…
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BS 2335 B33 1857 v. 1 TRIM Bengel , Johann Albrecht, Gnomon of the New Testament ,r-,WN CR/1V…
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