PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Mark
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 143,658 words · 257 reading sections
Mark 8:10
Mark 8:10 Ver. 10. And straightway he entered into a ship, with his disciples,.... As soon as ever he had, dismissed the multitude, he took shipping with his disciples; for he was at the sea of Galilee, either at a place near it, or upon the shore of it; see Mr 7:31; and came into the parts of Dalmanutha; which Matth…
155 wordsSECTION 122Mark 8:11
Mark 8:11 Ver. 11. And the Pharisees came forth,.... Out of their houses; who dwelt in the coasts of Magdala, and parts of Dalmanutha, and came to Jesus, hearing of his being arrived in their neighbourhood: and began to question with him; or to dispute with him, it being their manner to carry on disputations by quest…
101 wordsSECTION 123Mark 8:12
Mark 8:12 Ver. 12. And he sighed deeply in his Spirit,.... In his human soul; and which shows that he had one, and was subject to grief and sorrow, and all passions and infirmities, excepting sin. This deep sigh was on account of the hardness of their hearts, the malignity of their minds, and insincerity of their inte…
142 wordsSECTION 124Mark 8:13
Mark 8:13 Ver. 13. And he left them,.... As a perverse and hardened generation of men, and as such with whom it was not worth while to discourse: and entering into the ship again; which brought him over, and waited for him: departed to the other side; of the sea of Galilee, towards Bethsaida, Mr 8:22.…
58 wordsSECTION 125Mark 8:14
Mark 8:14 Ver. 14. Now the disciples had, forgotten to take bread,.... At Dalmanutha, or Magdala, or whatever place in those parts they were at, before they took shipping, as was their usual method. Neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf; for thirteen passengers of them. The Persic version reads th…
87 wordsSECTION 126Mark 8:15
Mark 8:15 Ver. 15. And he charged them,.... When they were in the ship, and had just recollected themselves, that they had took no care to bring any provisions with them: saying, take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees; and of the leaven of Herod: in Matthew, instead of "the leaven of Herod", it is read, "th…
166 wordsSECTION 127Mark 8:16
Mark 8:16 Ver. 16. And they reasoned among themselves,.... Upon Christ's giving this caution, and recollecting with themselves, that they had forgot to buy any provisions, and take with them: saying, it is because we have no bread; that he says these words; tacitly chiding and reproving us, for our want of thought an…
62 wordsSECTION 128Mark 8:17
Mark 8:17 Ver. 17. And when Jesus knew it,.... As he did immediately, by his omniscience; for as he knew the thoughts and reasonings of the Scribes and Pharisees, Mt 9:4, so he did those of his own disciples: he saith unto them, why reason ye because ye have no bread? or imagine that I have given you this caution on …
188 wordsSECTION 129Mark 8:18
Mark 8:18 Ver. 18. Having eyes, see ye not?.... Meaning perhaps both the eyes of their bodies, and of their understandings: they had bodily eyes, and with them saw the miracles he wrought, and yet took little notice of them; and the eyes of their understandings were enlightened by Christ, and yet saw things but very d…
128 wordsSECTION 130Mark 8:19
Mark 8:19 Ver. 19. When I brake the five loaves among five thousand,.... This, with what follows, chiefly regards the last question: how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? do not you remember? have you forgot what was so lately done? surely you cannot: they say unto him, twelve. Their memories were hereby re…
88 wordsSECTION 131Mark 8:20
Mark 8:20 Ver. 20. And when the seven among four thousand,.... That is, when seven loaves were broken among four thousand men, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? this surely you must remember, it being so recent an action, but just done, as it were: and they said, seven; for this, as yet, could not have …
5,182 wordsSECTION 132Mark 9:1
Mark 9:1 Ver. 1. And he said unto them,.... Both to his disciples, and the multitude, verily I say unto you, there be some of them that stand here; that were then living, and upon the spot, which shall not taste of death, or die, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. When Jesus was declared both L…
160 wordsSECTION 133Mark 9:2
Mark 9:2 Ver. 2. And after six days,.... Six days after this discourse with his disciples, in their way to Caesarea Philippi, and after they were come into those parts: Jesus taketh with him Peter, James, and John; favourite disciples, and a sufficient number, to be witnesses of his transfiguration: and leadeth them…
116 wordsSECTION 134Mark 9:3
Mark 9:3 Ver. 3. And his raiment became shining,.... With the rays of glory and brightness which darted from his body through his clothes, and made them as bright as the light of the sun at noon day: and exceeding white as snow; than which nothing is whiter; so as no fuller on earth can white them. The Syriac versio…
112 wordsSECTION 135Mark 9:4
Mark 9:4 Ver. 4. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses,.... Or Moses and Elias, as all the Oriental versions read, as in Mt. 17:3, See Gill on "Mt 17:3": and they were talking with Jesus; concerning his decease, and what he was to do and suffer at Jerusalem, and of which he himself had lately talked with his …
83 wordsSECTION 136Mark 9:5
Mark 9:5 Ver. 5. And Peter answered and said to Jesus,.... He addressed himself to him, as being more familiar with him; as also because he was the principal person: wherefore he says, master, it is good for us to be here: the company and conversation were exceeding agreeable to him and his fellow disciples; and the …
133 wordsSECTION 137Mark 9:6
Mark 9:6 Ver. 6. For he wist not what to say,.... He did not know what he should say, or what was proper to be said by him, at such a time, in such circumstances, and before such persons; for they were sore afraid. The Persic version reads, "he was": and so the Latin translation of the Syriac, though that itself is, …
93 wordsSECTION 138Mark 9:7
Mark 9:7 Ver. 7. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them,.... Jesus, Moses, and Elias, and also the disciples; who, according to Luke, entered into it, and so were covered by it. And a voice came out the cloud, saying, this is my beloved Son, hear him. This was the voice of God the Father, bearing a testimony to…
127 wordsSECTION 139Mark 9:8
Mark 9:8 Ver. 8. And suddenly, when they had looked round about,.... Upon hearing the voice, to see if they could observe any other object, by whom it was pronounced, and whether the same they had seen continued: they saw no man any more; neither Moses, nor Elias, not at that time, nor ever after; save Jesus only wi…
77 wordsSECTION 140Mark 9:9
Mark 9:9 Ver. 9. And as they came down from the mountain,.... Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, whom he led up thither: he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen; on the mount, as the transfiguration of himself, the persons of Moses and Elias, and the bright cloud fr…
104 wordsSECTION 141Mark 9:10
Mark 9:10 Ver. 10. And they kept that saying with themselves,.... "They retained it in their own mind", as the Persic version renders it; "they kept [it] close", as Luke says, Lu 9:36, among themselves, and acquainted no man with it: and which refers either to the whole of Christ's charge, relating to the vision on th…
244 wordsSECTION 142Mark 9:11
Mark 9:11 Ver. 11. And they asked him, saying,.... Being put in mind of it, by seeing Elias on the mount, or else by what Christ had said concerning his resurrection, or both: why say the Scribes, the Vulgate Latin adds, "and Pharisees", that Elias must first come? before the Messiah comes, or before the setting up …
69 wordsSECTION 143Mark 9:12
Mark 9:12 Ver. 12. And he answered, and told them,.... Allowing that their observation was right, and that this was the sense of the Scribes, and that there was something of truth in it, when rightly understood: Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things: See Gill on "Mt 17:11"; and how it is written of the…
190 wordsSECTION 144Mark 9:13
Mark 9:13 Ver. 13. But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come,.... Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him. And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; See Gill on "Mt 17:12"; which words should be read in a parenthesis, as they are in the Vulgate Latin version; for what follows, as i…
149 wordsSECTION 145Mark 9:14
Mark 9:14 Ver. 14. And when he came to his disciples,.... The other nine, who were left at the bottom of the mountain, and were waiting for him: he saw a great multitude about them: there was a multitude that followed him from Bethsaida hither; and which, very likely, was greatly increased upon Christ's arrival in th…
104 wordsSECTION 146Mark 9:15
Mark 9:15 Ver. 15. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him,.... As soon as ever they saw him, to many of whom, especially those that followed him out of Galilee, he was personally known. Were greatly amazed; either that he should come at that juncture, to assist and relieve his disciples, when the Scribe…
150 wordsSECTION 147Mark 9:16
Mark 9:16 Ver. 16. And he asked the Scribes,.... The Vulgate Latin renders it, "he asked them"; and the Ethiopic version, he said unto them; meaning either that he asked the disciples when he came to them, or else the people that ran to salute him; but the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "the Scribes"; seein…
121 wordsSECTION 148Mark 9:17
Mark 9:17 Ver. 17. And one of the multitude answered and said,.... The Scribes made no reply, being afraid to engage with him, whom they had often found too hard for them; and the disciples, if they were spoken to, were silent, through shame, because they had not succeeded in the cure of the person brought to them, wh…
325 wordsSECTION 149Mark 9:18
Mark 9:18 Ver. 18. And wheresoever he taketh him,.... The spirit, or devil, whether it be near fire, or water, whatsoever danger, or dangerous place: he teareth him; or throws him into it, or dashes him against it; or inwardly racks, tortures, and convulses him: and he foameth; at the mouth, like one that is mad: a…
7,490 wordsSECTION 150Mark 10:1
Mark 10:1 Ver. 1. And he arose from thence,.... From Galilee, and particularly from Capernaum: and cometh into the coasts of Judea; into those places, which bordered on that part of the land of Israel, called Judea, as distinct from Galilee: by, or rather "to" the further side of Jordan; which he crossed at the bri…
181 wordsSECTION 151Mark 10:2
Mark 10:2 Ver. 2. And the: Pharisees came unto him,.... As they every where did; not to be instructed by him, but to ensnare him; and asked him, is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? that is, as Matthew adds, "for every cause", See Gill on "Mt 19:3": for, a divorce might be lawfully made for a cause, or reason…
153 wordsSECTION 152Mark 10:3
Mark 10:3 Ver. 3. And he answered and said unto them,.... Very prudently and wisely, what did Moses command you? according to Matthew, he put another question to them; see Mt 19:4; no doubt but both were put, and this after they had urged the authority and law of Moses: and therefore be very pertinently asks them, wh…
96 wordsSECTION 153Mark 10:4
Mark 10:4 Ver. 4. And they said,.... By way of reply, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away, Moses did not command them to divorce their wives, only suffered them to do so: and gave orders that if they could not bear that they should live with them, but would divorce them, that they shoul…
109 wordsSECTION 154Mark 10:5
Mark 10:5 Ver. 5. And Jesus answered and said unto them,.... With respect to this command, or sufferance of Moses, which they urged: for the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept; it was, not because it was right in its own nature, or according to the original will of God; but, because the Jews were such c…
117 wordsSECTION 155Mark 10:6
Mark 10:6 Ver. 6. But from the beginning of the creation,.... Of the world, or of man: Mlwe lv wtyyrb tlxtm, "from the beginning of the creation of the world", is a way of speaking often used by the Jews {r}: the phrase "of the creation" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; and so it was in Beza's most ancie…
189 wordsSECTION 156Mark 10:7
Mark 10:7 Ver. 7. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... The Persic version adds, "and brethren and sisters", though without any foundation in the original text, in Ge 2:24, from whence this passage is cited; or in any copy of the evangelist: and cleave to his wife; See Gill on "Mt 19:5".…
60 wordsSECTION 157Mark 10:8
Mark 10:8 Ver. 8. And the twain shall be one flesh,.... This is the remaining part of the citation out of Ge 2:24; See Gill on "Mt 19:5"; so then they are no more twain; but one flesh; as Adam and Eve were both by creation and marriage: and so two persons, a man and woman, being lawfully married together, become one …
114 wordsSECTION 158Mark 10:9
Mark 10:9 Ver. 9. What therefore God hath joined together,.... See Gill on "Mt 19:6".…
17 wordsSECTION 159Mark 10:10
Mark 10:10 Ver. 10. And in the house,.... To which Christ retired, after he had put the Pharisees to silence, and dismissed the multitude: his disciples asked him again of the same matter; concerning the affair of divorces, be bad been discoursing with the Pharisees about; some things being said, they had not been us…
79 wordsSECTION 160Mark 10:11
Mark 10:11 Ver. 11. And he saith unto them,.... The same things as in Mt 5:32, 19:9; See Gill on "Mt 5:32", See Gill on "Mt 19:9": whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another; when there is no uncleanness in the case; when his former wile has not injured him by violating the marriage bed: committeth adulter…
95 wordsSECTION 161Mark 10:12
Mark 10:12 Ver. 12. And if a woman shall put away her husband,.... Not that there was the same law, or the same sufferance by the law of Moses, for a woman to put away her husband, as for the husband to put away the wife; nor was it practised among the Jews, unless it came to be in use about this time, in their declin…
778 wordsSECTION 162Mark 10:13
Mark 10:13 Ver. 13. And they brought young children to him,.... The parents, or friends, or nurses of the children in those parts, having heard of the fame of Jesus; and having entertained an high opinion of him, as a great prophet, and a holy, good man, brought their children in their arms, or hands, that he should …
90 wordsSECTION 163Mark 10:14
Mark 10:14 Ver. 14. But when Jesus saw it,.... Observed that his disciples reproved those that brought their children to, him, he was much displeased; with his disciples, who took too much upon them; for they ought first, to have known their master's will; whether it was his pleasure to grant the favour desired for t…
142 wordsSECTION 164Mark 10:15
Mark 10:15 Ver. 15. Verily I say, unto you,.... A form of speech used when our Lord was about to asseverate a thing, and assert something of moment and importance, and which he would have attended to. Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God; the Gospel, and the mysteries of it: as a little child; laying aside…
101 wordsSECTION 165Mark 10:16
Mark 10:16 Ver. 16. And he took them up in his arms,.... "Upon his arms", the Syriac version says; "he put them into his bosom", according to the Ethiopic; and the Persic renders it, "he took them into his bosom": all which expresses great tenderness towards them, and affection for them: put his hands upon them, and …
115 wordsSECTION 166Mark 10:17
Mark 10:17 Ver. 17. And when he was gone forth into the way,.... For when he had blessed the children he departed from the coasts of Judea, on the further side of Jordan, and steered his course towards Jerusalem, Mr 10:32, and as he was on the road thitherwards,there came one running; a young man, a ruler among the Je…
7,771 wordsSECTION 167Mark 11:1
Mark 11:1 Ver. 1. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "when he came nigh"; that is, Jesus; though not without his disciples, nor the multitude: unto Bethphage and Bethany; two places so called, near Jerusalem: Bethphage began where Bethany ended, and reached to the city it…
90 wordsSECTION 168Mark 11:2
Mark 11:2 Ver. 2. And saith unto them, go your way into the village,.... Either of Bethany or of Nob. The Ethiopic version renders it "the city", and so reads a copy of Stephens's: some have thought the city of Jerusalem is intended, but without any reason; See Gill on "Mt 21:9"; over against you. The Syriac and Pers…
177 wordsSECTION 169Mark 11:3
Mark 11:3 Ver. 3. And if any man say unto you,.... As very likely they would, and it would be strange if they should not say something to them, especially the owners of it: why do ye this? Why do ye untie the ass, and attempt to carry it away, when it is none of your own, and it belongs to another man? Say ye that t…
193 wordsSECTION 170Mark 11:4
Mark 11:4 Ver. 4. And they went their way,.... The two disciples went to the village, where Christ sent them, without objecting any difficulties that might present, in the execution of these orders: and found the colt tied by the door without; in the street, fastened to the door of the owner's house, at the town's en…
125 wordsSECTION 171Mark 11:5
Mark 11:5 Ver. 5. And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic version reads, who walked there; who were either standing hard by, or walking about the place, being inhabitants of it; and either the owners of the colt, or their servants, or both: said unto them, what do ye loosing the colt? What do ye mean b…
89 wordsSECTION 172Mark 11:6
Mark 11:6 Ver. 6. And they said unto them,.... The very express words, even as Jesus had commanded: not that these were the words they said, but "the Lord hath need of him": upon which they said no more, were satisfied and contented, that they should untie the colt, and take it with them: and they let them go; and t…
73 wordsSECTION 173Mark 11:7
Mark 11:7 Ver. 7. And they brought the colt to Jesus,.... Where he was, and cast their garments on him; their clothes to be instead of a saddle, for Christ to sit upon: and he sat upon him; or "Jesus rode on him", as the Syriac version renders it. The Ethiopic version reads, "they made him to mount him"; that is, th…
101 wordsSECTION 174Mark 11:8
Mark 11:8 Ver. 8. And many spread their garments in the way,.... Instead of carpets to ride on, and in honour to him as a king: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way; in token of joy, as at the feast of tabernacles; See Gill on "Mt 21:8".…
57 wordsSECTION 175Mark 11:9
Mark 11:9 Ver. 9. And they that went before, and they that followed,.... They that came from Jerusalem to meet him, and they that followed him from Jericho and other parts; which two bodies, the one went before him, and the other followed after him: and cried, saying, Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of…
67 wordsSECTION 176Mark 11:10
Mark 11:10 Ver. 10. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David,.... It was more usual with the Jews to call Abraham their father; but, because the Messiah was David's son, therefore, with respect to him, they here call him their father: and their meaning is, let the kingdom promised to our father David, and to his see…
249 wordsSECTION 177Mark 11:11
Mark 11:11 Ver. 11. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,.... this public manner, riding upon an ass, with the multitude attending hin, some going before, and others after, crying, "Hosanna" to him: and into the temple; which he rode up directly to; the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the …
230 wordsSECTION 178Mark 11:12
Mark 11:12 Ver. 12. And on the morrow,.... The next day early in the morning, when they were come from Bethany; Christ, and his twelve disciples. The Syriac and Persic versions read, "when he came out of Bethany"; though not alone, but with the twelve disciples, who went with him there, and returned with him, as appe…
92 wordsSECTION 179Mark 11:13
Mark 11:13 Ver. 13. And seeing a fig tree afar off,.... By the wayside, at some distance from him: having leaves; very large and spreading, which made a great show, as if there might be fruit on it: he came; unto it; either he went out of his way to it, or having seen it before him a good way off, at length came up …
339 wordsSECTION 180Mark 11:14
Mark 11:14 Ver. 14. And Jesus answered and said unto it,.... The fig tree; a Jewish way of speaking, often used when nothing before is said; the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, leave out the word "answered", as they do also the word "Jesus"; and which is likewise omitted by the Vulgate Latin, though the other is …
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