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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Mark 9:34-42

Mark RECEIVING AND FORBIDDING Mar_9:33 - Mar_9:42 . Surely the disciples might have found something better to talk about on the road from Caesarea, where they had heard from Jesus of His sufferings, than this miserable wrangle about rank! Singularly enough, each announcement of the Cross seems to have provoked something of the sort. Probably they understood little of His meaning, but hazily thought that the crisis was at hand when He should establish the kingdom; and so their ambition,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 9:30-50

the Path to Greatness Mark 9:30-50 Such were the hopes awakened by the Transfiguration and the following miracles that the disciples were led to speculate upon their relative position in the Kingdom. Jesus therefore took a little child for His text, and preached to them a sermon on humility. How constantly the Master speaks of the little ones! He says that we must be converted to become like them; that to cause them to stumble will involve terrible penalties; that they are not to be... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 9:1-50

Here we see four men who have passed without death into the atmosphere and society of the heavens. One only of the four is there by His own right. Pure and spotless humanity stands in the glory of the unsullied light, and holds familiar converse with the spirits of just men. We pass from the mountain to the valley. There we see Jesus, the baffled disciples, the father, the departing demon tearing his victim. The majesty and power of the Lord are manifested. Again He led these men through... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-37

The Lesson Of True Greatness (9:33-37). We are suddenly introduced here to a sad situation that Jesus had tried to guard against, but which was probably inevitable. The disciples were beginning to get too high an opinion of themselves. They were beginning to think in terms of their own greatness. After all, were they not the intimate servants and colleagues of the coming Messiah? Were they not acting ‘in His Name’? As far as they were concerned the only question now was how they stood as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-50

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:35

‘And he sat down and called the twelve, and he says to them, “If any man would be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” ’ The words of the few clearly disturbed Him. He recognised that there were strong feelings among them about their own greatness, and that this probably applied to all the twelve, so He called the twelve together and ‘sat down’ to teach them as a Rabbi would sit down to teach his pupils (or simply perhaps because He was tired). Then He explained what true... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-50

Mark 9:33-Philippians : . A Conversation with the Twelve.— This section illustrates the kind of teaching which Jesus gave in private to His disciples. It may embody fragmentary recollections of a particular discussion, but more probably Mk. has strung together utterances and incidents belonging to different occasions, the connecting links being sometimes the mere repetition of a single word, such as “ cause to stumble” ( Mark 9:42 f.), or “ fire” ( Mark 9:48 f.), or even “ in my name” ( Mark... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 9:35-37

Matthew’s recital of this passage expounds Mark; he saith Christ said, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of God. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Luke also relates this passage something more shortly, but without any contradiction to what is said by the other evangelists. The sense is plain:... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 9:33-41

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 9:35. If any man desire.—If any one wishes, as chap. Mark 8:34.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 9:33-41(PARALLELS: Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-50.)Receiving and forbidding.—Surely the disciples might have found something better to talk about on the road from Cæsarea, where they had heard from Jesus of His sufferings, than this miserable wrangle about rank! Probably they understood little of His meaning, but hazily thought that the crisis was at hand when He... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 9:33-37

Mark 9:33-37 The child in the midst. Note: I. That our Lord's lesson lay, not in the humanity, but in the childhood of the child. The disciples had been disputing who should be the greatest, and the Lord wanted to show them that such a dispute had nothing to do with the way things went in His kingdom. Therefore, as a specimen of His subjects, He took a child and set him before them. It was not, it could not, be in virtue of his humanity, it was in virtue of his childhood that this child was... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Mark 9:34-42

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 9:30-50

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 9:1-50

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-37

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-50

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:35

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33-50

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 9:35-37

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 9:33-41

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 9:33-37

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