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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 9:1-50

Chapter 9And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power ( Mark 9:1 ).Now what did He mean by that? Because those disciples have all died, and we have not yet seen the kingdom of God come with power. Was Jesus mistaken? Well, first of all, no. Jesus was not mistaken. If my interpretation of a scripture would make it appear that Jesus was mistaken, then my... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 9:1-50

Mark 9:2 . And after six days, not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16 . He asked the scribes, what question ye with them? No answer! They had been insulting the disciples because they could not deliver a child, (for so the jews call young people under the age of twenty years) from the power of Satan. 1 Kings 3:7. This was a momentary triumph of the learned adversaries of Christ. They had ridiculed the apostles as impostors, pretending to work... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 9:33-37

Mark 9:33-37What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?The true child our patternWhat is the true child like?I. He is unconscious of himself; self-dissection or analysis is unknown to him.II. He lives in the present.1. He never worries or is anxious about the future; sufficient to the day, for him, is the evil thereof.2. So also, though always aspiring, he is never discontented in the ungrateful or peevish sense; sufficient likewise for the day is the good thereof; he would not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 9:35

35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. Ver. 35. He sat down ] Tanquam serii quicquam traditurus: the teacher sat, the learners lay at his feet. See Trapp on " Mat 5:2 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 9:35

If: Mark 10:42-Romans :, Proverbs 13:10, Jeremiah 45:5, Matthew 20:25-Hosea :, Luke 14:10, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, James 4:6 Reciprocal: Matthew 20:26 - it Mark 10:43 - whosoever read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 9:35

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.Let him be the least of all — Let him abase himself the most. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

§ 79. HUMILITY ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHILD THE DISPOSSESSOR OF DEMONS WHO FOLLOWETH NOT WITH US, Mark 9:33-50 . (Compare notes on Matthew 18:1-5.) read more

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