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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Jesus visiting his own country. By going thither— I. HE GRATIFIED A HUMAN YEARNING . In a previous chapter he is reported to have asked, "Who is my mother and my brethren?" He now shows that those broad human relations he had claimed did not imply the neglect of nearer ones, or indifference to them. He sought to benefit his own people in the highest way, oven whilst he would not suffer the narrow claims of his home to interfere with the wider claims of his kingdom. Have we so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The carpenter; or, the dignity of honest labour " In his own country," "in the synagogue" where he had learned in his youth, he now "began to teach." There were "many" who knew him, who had seen him pass in and out amongst them, talking to them, perhaps like, yet unlike, the other growing youths and the young men working for them, an artisan—one of many. These "hearing him were astonished;" and though "the wisdom," of his teaching they could not deny, nor the "mighty works" wrought by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Christ at home. I. THE WONDROUS IN EVERY - DAY LIFE . When they heard him in the synagogue they were "much struck," Mark says. Where did all this wisdom come from? So does the parent wonder at the sayings of the child. "Where did he get such thoughts?" The boy goes from the village, and soon comes back to astonish the gossip, with his broad views of life and his easy and confident manners. Experience is full of these surprises. Nothing is more astonishing now than the empire... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Parallel passage: Matthew 13:54-58 .— The refection at Nazareth. I. Our LORD 'S VISIT TO NAZARETH . This chapter commences with our Lord's removal from the house of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, where he had performed the miracle recorded at the close of the last chapter; or rather from Capernaum, where the synagogue appears to have been situated. In either case he proceeded to visit his fatherland—not in the wide sense of that term, but in the narrower meaning of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2

As usual, he made the sabbath the special time for his teaching. And many hearing him were astonished. They were astonished at the ability, the sublimity, the holiness of his teaching, as well as at the signs and wonders by which he confirmed it. "Many" hearing him; not all. Some listened with faith; but "the many" (there is some authority for οἱ πολλοὶ )were envious of him. Whence hath this man these things? The expression, "this man," is repeated, according to the best authorities,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-3

Detracting from the Divine greatness of Christ. I. How THIS IS DONE . 1 . By attributing to secondary causes Divine effects. 2 . Absence of faith and spiritual sympathy. 3 . By being offended at the mystery of his humiliation , either in himself or his followers. II. WHAT IT PRODUCES . 1 . Unsatisfied indecision. Perpetual questioning. 2 . Hardening of heart. 3 . The doubter ' s own loss. Not only the works of mercy he might have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-3

Jesus, the rejected Teacher. When the evangelist states, in the preceding verse, that Jesus "went out from thence," he is referring not so much to the house of Jairus as to the town of Capernaum. Thence he went forth to the village of Nazareth, in whose fields he had often played as a child, and in whose houses and streets he had laboured as a man. In the world, yet not of it. On a certain sabbath day he preached in the synagogue (for Nazareth possessed but one), where he had worshipped in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-6

The twofold wonder awakened by the gospel. I. IN MEN . 1 . Because of contrast between the apparent origin and the Divine pretensions of Christ. 2 . Because of the seeming disproportion between the results actually produced and the instruments. A curious phase this of human incredulity, as if the works did not speak for themselves! Failing the discovery of an evidently great cause, the results themselves are not credited with being what they seem to be. This is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:3

Is not this the carpenter? St. Matthew ( Matthew 13:55 ) says, "the carpenter's son." We infer from this that our Lord actually worked at the trade of a carpenter, and probably continued to do so until he entered upon his public ministry. We may also infer that Joseph was now no longer living, otherwise it would have been natural for his name to have been mentioned here. According to St. Chrysostom, our Lord made ploughs and yokes for oxen. Certain]y, he often drew his similitudes from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:3-5

"They were offended in him." Whether the narratives of the three synoptic evangelists refer to one visit to Nazareth or to two visits, is a question which has been eagerly discussed. Give suggestions for the settlement of the dispute. Possibly such discrepancies were allowed to exist that we might care less for the material, and more for the spiritual element in the Gospels; that we might concern ourselves less with external incidents in the life of Jesus, and more with the Christ who... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:3-5

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