Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 1:1-45
St. Mark Mark 1:1 A great epoch was exhausted, and passing away to give place to another, the first utterances of which had already been heard in the north, and which awaited but the Initiator, to be revealed. He came. The soul the most full of love, the most sacredly virtuous, the most deeply inspired by God and the future, that men have yet seen on earth Jesus. He bent over the corpse of the dead world, and whispered a word of faith. Over the clay that had lost all of man but the movement... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 1:39
(39) And he preached.—See Note on Matthew 4:23. read more