Mark 1:15

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 1:14-20

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 1:14. John was put in prison.—Delivered up. Same word used of our Lord’s betrayal by Judas. “Such honour have all His saints.” Jesus came into Galilee.—From Jerusalem, where He had been teaching most of the time since His baptism (John 2:13 to John 4:3).Mark 1:15. Repent ye, and believe.—We have an echo of this Divine keynote in the first sermon preached by Peter at Pentecost (Acts 2:38).Mark 1:16. As He walked.—As He was passing along by the seashore towards... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 1:1-45

Mark 1:0 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human experience that what bears no relation to their existence cannot be the God of the human race. And the man who cannot find his God in the fog of suffering, no less than he who forgets his God in the sunshine of health, has learned little either of St. Paul or St. John. I. All suffering is against the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 1:9-15

Mark 1:9-15 I. John's dispensation was thus shown to be of Divine appointment. Notice the beauty of John's work in relation both to the past and to the future. It was a baptism unto repentance a baptism, and so connected with the ceremonial past; a baptism unto repentance, and so introductory to a new and more intensely spiritual state of things. II. But why should Jesus Christ identify Himself with a baptism which was unto repentance? His identification with that baptism was not for the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 1:14-15

Mark 1:14-15 Repentance and Faith. I. Consider the insufficiency of repentance by itself to procure the forgiveness of sin. Turn to analogy; turn to experience; turn to reason, and you may equally prove the fallacy of the opinion, which would establish a necessary connection between repentance and forgiveness. So long as there is any notion of the virtue of repentance its virtue as a necessary procuring of pardon and acceptance there must be a suspicion that the atonement is not called for, and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 1:14-15

DISCOURSE: 1416THE SCOPE OF OUR LORD’S MINISTRYMark 1:14-15. Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the Gospel.THOSE Christians who have taken up religion lightly, and have not the root of divine grace within them, will, as soon as persecution threatens them, be ready to renounce their holy profession; whilst those who have been... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 1:15

Faith and Repentance Inseparable July 13th, 1862 by C. H. SPURGEON 1834-1892 "Repent ye, and believe the gospel."--Mark 1:15 Our Lord Jesus Christ commences his ministry by announcing its leading commands. He cometh up from the wilderness newly anointed, like the bridegroom from his chamber; his love notes are repentance and faith. He cometh forth fully prepared for his office, having been in the desert, "tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin"; his loins are girded like a strong man... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 1:1-45

Let's turn to Mark's gospel.Mark was a young man when Jesus was crucified, perhaps about twelve years old. So, the gospel that he writes is considered to be the understanding that he received from listening to Peter relate the stories of Jesus Christ. Peter does call Mark his son; that would be son in the faith. And Mark was a companion of Peter through much of Peter's ministry, and thus, heard Peter relate these stories of Jesus Christ. And so in his gospel, you have pretty much Peter's... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:1-45

Mark 1:1 . The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. This commencement is laconic, beautiful, and perspicuous. Several Greek authors begin their books in this independent way. It asserts the divine and human geniture of Christ. He is the Seed, the Son of the woman, of Abraham, of David. Pagan fable, which once had pure tradition for its origin, asserts the same. To apostatize from this faith is an apostasy from the faith of the primitive world. They all expected the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:15

Mark 1:15And saying, The time is fulfilled.Repentance and faithI. The import of the exhortation.1. By the repentance to which we are exhorted we are not to understand merely an external reformation. To the. Pharisees such an exhortation would have been inappropriate and useless. Their outward conduct was exemplary. Nor can we suppose that the repentance to which we are exhorted is a mere sense of sorrow and regret on account of the afflictive and penal consequences to which our transgressions... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 1:15

15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. Ver. 15. And saying, The time is fulfilled ] These were four of our Saviour’s sermon heads. The prophets of old were wont to set down some short notes of their larger discourses to the people, and to fasten them to the doors of the temple till the people had read them. a And then they were taken down by the priests, and laid up for the use of posterity. Repent ye and believe, &c.... read more

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