PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Mark
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 143,658 words · 257 reading sections
Mark 11:15
Mark 11:15 Ver. 15. And they came to Jerusalem,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "he came"; that is, Christ; but not alone, for his disciples were with him: Beza says, that, one exemplar he had met with, adds "again", and so one of Stephens's copies; for they had been there the day before: and Jesus went into the temp…
370 wordsSECTION 182Mark 11:16
Mark 11:16 Ver. 16. And would not suffer that any man,.... He was more strict and severe than the day before; and gave orders, that they should be so far from being allowed to sit and trade in that sacred place, that no man should carry any vessel through the temple; should make a, thoroughfare of it, by carrying thr…
2,768 wordsSECTION 183Mark 12:1
Mark 12:1 Ver. 1. And he began to speak unto them by parables,.... As of the two sons the father bid go to work in the vineyard; and of the planting of a vineyard, and letting it out to husbandmen, as here; though the latter is only related by this evangelist, yet both are by Matthew. This was not the first time of hi…
461 wordsSECTION 184Mark 12:2
Mark 12:2 Ver. 2. And at the season he sent unto the husbandman a servant,.... The Evangelist Matthew says, "when the time of the fruit drew near", Mt 21:34; and so the Persic version here reads. The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in its own time", or "season", which was the fourth year from the planting of it; a…
259 wordsSECTION 185Mark 12:3
Mark 12:3 Ver. 3. And they caught him,.... This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions, though it seems proper to be retained; and denotes the rudeness and violence with which the prophets of the Lord were used by the Jewish nation: and beat him: either with their fists, or with rods, and scourges, till…
87 wordsSECTION 186Mark 12:4
Mark 12:4 Ver. 4. And again he sent unto them another servant,.... Another set of good men, to instruct, advise, and counsel them, and exhort them to their duty; such as were Isaiah, Zechariah, and others: and at him they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head; for of these were stoned, as well as sawn asunder, a…
246 wordsSECTION 187Mark 12:5
Mark 12:5 Ver. 5. And again he sent another,.... That is, another servant, or set of men, it may be in the times of the Maccabees, who were used in a very inhuman manner; see Heb 11:37; and him they killed; either with the sword, or by inflicting some capital punishment, as stoning, strangling, &c. and many others; …
103 wordsSECTION 188Mark 12:6
Mark 12:6 Ver. 6. Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the one, and only Son of God his Father, his only begotten Son, for he has no other Son in the same way of filiation; and who is his dear Son, the Son of his love, who was loved by him before the foundation…
176 wordsSECTION 189Mark 12:7
Mark 12:7 Ver. 7. But those husbandmen said among themselves,.... This, in the Persic version, is introduced thus, "when the vine dressers saw the son of the lord of the vineyard": agreeably to Mt 21:38. The Ethiopic version renders it, "and the servants said"; not the servants that had been sent, but the workmen in t…
230 wordsSECTION 190Mark 12:8
Mark 12:8 Ver. 8. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him, out of the vineyard. They sent their officers and servants, and apprehended him in the garden; they delivered him to the Gentiles, who were without the vineyard, and by whom, at their instigation, he was put to death, even to the death of the cross. Th…
88 wordsSECTION 191Mark 12:9
Mark 12:9 Ver. 9. What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions add, to them; that is, to the husbandmen, as is expressed in Mt 21:40, See Gill on "Mt 21:40": he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. As the former clause contains a quest…
100 wordsSECTION 192Mark 12:10
Mark 12:10 Ver. 10. And have ye not read this Scripture?.... In Ps 118:22 these are the words of Christ directed to the above persons, who were, many of them, teachers of the people, and therefore ought to have read the scriptures, and have taken notice of, and considered more especially such as respected the Messiah,…
187 wordsSECTION 193Mark 12:11
Mark 12:11 Ver. 11. This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. That is, the exaltation of the Messiah, after he had been so ill treated, and at last put to death by the Jews. These words are a continuation of the passage cited out of Ps 118:22.…
54 wordsSECTION 194Mark 12:12
Mark 12:12 Ver. 12. They sought to lay held on him,.... That is, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, after they had heard the parables he spake to them, were greatly irritated, and provoked, and had a good will to have seized him, and carried him away, and have had him before their court, and condemn him: but fea…
175 wordsSECTION 195Mark 12:13
Mark 12:13 Ver. 13. And they send unto him,.... That is, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, who had been with Jesus in the temple, and were silenced by his reasonings, and provoked by his parables; and therefore left him, and went together to consult what methods they should take to get him into their hands, and …
314 wordsSECTION 196Mark 12:14
Mark 12:14 Ver. 14. And when they were come,.... Unto Jesus in the temple: they said unto him, master; they saluted him in like manner, as they did their doctors and Rabbins, calling him "Rabbi", though they were not his disciples; but one part of them were the disciples of the Pharisees, and the other had Herod for …
175 wordsSECTION 197Mark 12:15
Mark 12:15 Ver. 15. Shall we give, or not give?.... They not only ask whether it was lawful, but whether also it was advisable to do it, that they might not only accuse him of his principles, but charge him with persuading, or dissuading in this case. These words are left out in the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Persic, and …
7,101 wordsSECTION 198Mark 13:1
Mark 13:1 Ver. 1. And as he went out of the temple,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "as they went out"; Christ and his disciples: for when Christ went out of the temple, the disciples went out with him; or at least very quickly followed him, and came to him, as appears from what follows; though the true reading is, "a…
203 wordsSECTION 199Mark 13:2
Mark 13:2 Ver. 2. And Jesus answering said unto him,.... The Persic version reads, "unto them"; and so Beza's most ancient copy but as that question is put by one, the reply is made to him: seest thou these great buildings? how beautiful and strong they are. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, add the word all; …
156 wordsSECTION 200Mark 13:3
Mark 13:3 Ver. 3. And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives,.... On the east of Jerusalem: over against the temple: where he could have a full view of it; the eastern wall of the temple being lower than the rest; See Gill on "Mt 24:3". Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, asked him privately; apart from the rest of …
79 wordsSECTION 201Mark 13:4
Mark 13:4 Ver. 4. Tell us when shall these things be?.... When the temple will be destroyed, and these fine buildings shall be demolished, and not one of these large stones shall be left upon another: and what shall be the sign when all these things [shall be] fulfilled? And what is the sign of his coming, and of the…
74 wordsSECTION 202Mark 13:5
Mark 13:5 Ver. 5. And Jesus answering them,.... His four disciples, Peter, John, James, and Andrew: "began to say"; or "said", a way of speaking frequent with this evangelist: take heed lest any man deceive you; See Gill on "Mt 24:4".…
43 wordsSECTION 203Mark 13:6
Mark 13:6 Ver. 6. For many shall come in my name,.... Taking upon them the name of the Messiah: saying, I am [Christ]; the word "Christ", is rightly supplied from Mt 24:5; otherwise in the original it is only, "I am"; which the Persic version doubles, reading it, "I am indeed, I am": he that was promised and expected…
79 wordsSECTION 204Mark 13:7
Mark 13:7 Ver. 7. And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars,.... Among the Jews themselves, and with the Romans: be not troubled; keep your place, abide by your work, go on preaching the Gospel, without distressing yourselves about the event of things: for [such things] must needs be: being decreed by God,…
94 wordsSECTION 205Mark 13:8
Mark 13:8 Ver. 8. For nation shall rise against nation,.... The nations of the world one against another, and the Romans against the Jews, and the Jews against them: and kingdom against kingdom; which is a synonymous phrase with the former, and what the Jews call, twnwv twlm, "different words", expressing the same th…
213 wordsSECTION 206Mark 13:9
Mark 13:9 Ver. 9. But take heed to yourselves,.... This does not so much regard their doctrine and conversation, they were to take heed to; in which sense this phrase is sometimes used; but the security of their persons and lives; and the advice is, to take care of them selves, as much as in them lay, how they came in…
242 wordsSECTION 207Mark 13:10
Mark 13:10 Ver. 10. And the Gospel must first be published among all nations. The Syriac version reads, "my Gospel"; the Gospel which Christ was the author, subject, and preacher of; this "must be published". There was a necessity of the promulgation of it by the will of God, the command and commission of Christ; and …
96 wordsSECTION 208Mark 13:11
Mark 13:11 Ver. 11. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up,.... Lead to councils and courts of judicature, and deliver up to kings and rulers, to the civil magistrate, to be punished by the secular arm: take no thought before hand; be not previously anxious, and carefully solicitous, in a distressing way: …
247 wordsSECTION 209Mark 13:12
Mark 13:12 Ver. 12. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death,.... Signifying, that such should be the rage of men, particularly the Jews, against Christ and his Gospel, that those that were in the nearest relation, were of the same flesh and blood, children of the same parents, should betray and deliver up ea…
104 wordsSECTION 210Mark 13:13
Mark 13:13 Ver. 13. And ye shall be hated of all men,.... Not only of your friends and relations of your countrymen the Jews; but of all men, the generality of men, in, all nations of the world, wherever they came: for my name's sake; for the sake of Christ and his Gospel, they professed and preached: but he that sh…
122 wordsSECTION 211Mark 13:14
Mark 13:14 Ver. 14. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation,.... The Roman army encompassing Jerusalem, which was an abomination to the Jews, and an "impure sign" of their destruction, as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; and a desolating one to their nation, city, and temple: spoken of by Daniel …
3,697 wordsSECTION 212Mark 14:1
Mark 14:1 Ver. 1. After two days was [the feast of] the passover,.... That is, two days after Christ had delivered the foregoing discourse concerning the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem, was the feast of the passover; which was kept in commemoration of God's passing over the houses of the Israelites, when he de…
202 wordsSECTION 213Mark 14:2
Mark 14:2 Ver. 2. But they said not on the feast day,.... The feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread, which was nigh at hand, and would be two days hence, when there would be a great concourse of people from all parts to keep it: and therefore they did not choose to seize him, and put him to death at that time…
97 wordsSECTION 214Mark 14:3
Mark 14:3 Ver. 3. And being in Bethany,.... A place about two miles from Jerusalem, whither he retired after he had took his leave of the temple, and had predicted its destruction; a place he often went to, and from, the last week of his life; having some dear friends, and familiar acquaintance there, as Lazarus, and …
310 wordsSECTION 215Mark 14:4
Mark 14:4 Ver. 4. And there were some that had indignation within themselves,.... The Syriac version reads, "some of the disciples": agreeably to Mt 26:8, particularly Judas, and others might be incensed by his means: and said, why was this waste of the ointment made? See Gill on "Mt 26:8".…
53 wordsSECTION 216Mark 14:5
Mark 14:5 Ver. 5. For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence,.... Which, was to the value of our money nine pounds, seven shillings, and sixpence: and given to the poor; which was thought to be a better way of expending it, than by pouring it on the head of Christ: and they murmured against her: t…
107 wordsSECTION 217Mark 14:6
Mark 14:6 Ver. 6. And Jesus said, let her alone,.... Jesus knowing the secret indignation of some of his disciples, and their private murmurings at the woman, and their continual teasings of her, because of the expense of the ointment, said to them, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read; or "to the disciples", as t…
144 wordsSECTION 218Mark 14:7
Mark 14:7 Ver. 7. For ye have the poor with you always,.... See Gill on "Mt 26:11"; and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; by feeding them when hungry, clothing them when naked, and supplying them with the necessaries of life: but me ye have not always; meaning, with respect to his bodily presence, which, in a …
88 wordsSECTION 219Mark 14:8
Mark 14:8 Ver. 8. She hath done what she could,.... What she had in her heart, and in the power of her hands to do; she hath done according to her ability, and her good will; and if she had not done it now, she could not have done it at all. She is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying; or, "as if it was to…
168 wordsSECTION 220Mark 14:9
Mark 14:9 Ver. 9. Verily I say unto you,.... And you may assure yourselves of the truth of it: wheresoever this Gospel, of the death and resurrection of Christ, shall be preached throughout the whole world, as it shall be, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her; in remembrance of he…
78 wordsSECTION 221Mark 14:10
Mark 14:10 Ver. 10. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve,.... Apostles of Christ; who was the principal person that had indignation at the woman, and murmured against her, for the profusion of the ointment: went unto the chief priests; as soon as this affair was over, and Christ had defended the woman's conduct to h…
148 wordsSECTION 222Mark 14:11
Mark 14:11 Ver. 11. And when they heard it, they were glad,.... That such an opportunity offered, and from such a quarter, by one of his own disciples; so that it might be done more secretly and effectually, and with less blame to themselves: and promised to give him money; any sum he should ask; and what was agreed …
150 wordsSECTION 223Mark 14:12
Mark 14:12 Ver. 12. And the first day of unleavened bread,.... Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan: when they killed the passover; that is, "the Jews", as the Syriac and Persic versions supply; for any Israelite, that not a priest, might slay it: their canon runs thus {x}, "an Israelite kills (the passover…
315 wordsSECTION 224Mark 14:13
Mark 14:13 Ver. 13. And he sendeth forth two of his disciples,.... Peter and John, as appears from Lu 22:8; and saith unto them, go ye into the city; the city of Jerusalem; for there only the passover might be eaten, De 26:2; and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; a servant of the master of the h…
88 wordsSECTION 225Mark 14:14
Mark 14:14 Ver. 14. And wheresoever he shall go in,.... Into whatsoever house he shall enter, go in after him: and say ye to the good man of the house; the owner, and master of it, who might be Nicodemus, or Joseph of Arimathea, or some man of note and wealth in Jerusalem, that might have some knowledge of Christ, an…
187 wordsSECTION 226Mark 14:15
Mark 14:15 Ver. 15. And he will show you a large upper room,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples:furnished and prepared; with a table, and a sufficient number of couches to sit, or lie upon, and with all pr…
7,138 wordsSECTION 227Mark 15:1
Mark 15:1 Ver. 1. And straightway in the morning,.... As soon as it was break of day, or daylight appeared: the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes; who were the principal men in the sanhedrim: and the whole council; which, on this extraordinary occasion, was convened; the result of which w…
120 wordsSECTION 228Mark 15:2
Mark 15:2 Ver. 2. And Pilate asked him, art thou the king of the Jews?.... Which either he had heard before that it was said by him, and his followers; or was what the Jews now suggested to him as his crime, which they desired sentence of death might pass upon him: and he answering, said unto him, thou sayest it; whi…
103 wordsSECTION 229Mark 15:3
Mark 15:3 Ver. 3. And the chief priests accused him of many things,.... As that he was a magician, and a blasphemer, and gave out that he was the Son of God; and that he made himself a king, and even forbad the people to give tribute to Caesar, and moved discord, sedition, and rebellion throughout the land; but he an…
103 wordsSECTION 230Mark 15:4
Mark 15:4 Ver. 4. And Pilate asked him again,.... In the presence of the chief priests, who laid so many things to his charge; for the former question was put, when Jesus and he were alone in the judgment hall, whither the Jews would not enter for fear of being defiled; see John 18:28; saying, answerest thou nothing …
89 wordsSECTION 231Mark 15:5
Mark 15:5 Ver. 5. But Jesus yet answered nothing,.... He still continued silent, and made no defence for himself, which the governor was willing to give him an opportunity to make, and, as his friend, urged him to it: so that Pilate marvelled; what should be the meaning of his silence, when he was so capable of defen…
123 wordsSECTION 232Mark 15:6
Mark 15:6 Ver. 6. Now at that feast,.... The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see Joh 18:39. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast"; as if the following custom was used at every feast in the year, at the feasts of pentecost and tabernacles, as well as at the passover;…
85 wordsSECTION 233Mark 15:7
Mark 15:7 Ver. 7. And there was one named Barabbas,.... A prisoner of that name at Jerusalem; which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him: he had been at the head of a seditious mob, and he and his accomplices were taken and put in prison: who had committed murder in the insurrection; which may be …
248 wordsSECTION 234Mark 15:8
Mark 15:8 Ver. 8. And the multitude crying aloud,.... The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, and when the "multitude", or "people went up", to the place called the pavement, where the judgment seat was; and so it is read in Beza's most ancient copy; but the former reading is to be preferred: began to desire [h…
89 wordsSECTION 235Mark 15:9
Mark 15:9 Ver. 9. But Pilate answered them; saying,.... Being satisfied of the innocence of Jesus, and being willing to dismiss him: will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews? he who is called so; and which he either said by way of derision both of Christ, and them; or else in order to prevail upon them to…
77 wordsSECTION 236Mark 15:10
Mark 15:10 Ver. 10. For he knew that the chief priests,.... The Persic version reads in the singular, "the chief of the priests", or the high priest, Caiaphas, had delivered him for envy; at his popularity through his doctrine and miracles, and not from any principle of equity and justice, or from any regard to Caesa…
63 wordsSECTION 237Mark 15:11
Mark 15:11 Ver. 11. But the chief priests moved the people,.... Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to prevail upon them: that he should rather release Barabbas unto them; than Jesus of Nazareth; choosi…
115 wordsSECTION 238Mark 15:12
Mark 15:12 Ver. 12. And Pilate answered and said again unto them,.... Being astonished that they should ask the release of such an infamous person; and being very desirous of saving Jesus: what will ye then that I shall do unto him, whom ye call the king of the Jews? at least many of you; would you have me put him to…
94 wordsSECTION 239Mark 15:13
Mark 15:13 Ver. 13. And they cried out again, crucify him. For they had cried so once before, though Matthew and Mark relate it not, yet Luke does, Lu 23:21.…
32 wordsSECTION 240Mark 15:14
Mark 15:14 Ver. 14. Then Pilate said unto them,.... The third time, Lu 23:22; why, what evil hath he done? worthy of death. They had charged him with many things, but proved nothing against him. Pilate could find no fault in him, and judged him an innocent person, and therefore was loth to condemn him: and they crie…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.