Mark 1:14-31 ESV

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 1:14

Mark 1:14Now after that John was put in prison.Hindrances no injuryBut John had been doing a good work, doing an important work, doing the very work that God had planned for him to do. Why did the Lord let him be put in prison? Just such interruptions as that to the best men’s work, and just such trials as this to the best of men, are in the Lord’s plan of the progress of his work, and of the training of His people. When old Father Mills, of Torringford, Connecticut, heard that his son, Samuel... read more

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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

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:16-18

Mark 1:16-18Now as He walked by the Sea of Galilee.The call of the first apostlesThe call of these men is a strange thing. It is strange that He begins with winning disciples, not working miracles. And it is more strange still that in our poor human nature He should find any fitness to aid Him in His work. You would have thought only heaven could have given the Saviour fellow workers that would be a comfort and a help to Him. But man can be a worker together with God. Several things are... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:19-20

Mark 1:19-20And when He had gone a little farther thence, He saw James.The call of the sons of ZebedeeI. Our first question is, what manner of men were James and John when Jesus summoned them to His service? Is it not suggested that they were free from gross vices; open-eyed to truth and righteousness? Converted profligates have rendered eminent service in the kingdom of God; yet the best achievements have usually come from men who have not saturated their natures with vicious indulgences.... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:21

Mark 1:21And they went into Capernaum.CapernaumThe Teacher of humility begins His mission at a town where pride chiefly reigned. Preference is due from ministers to the greatest need, not to the greatest inclination. A minister should always begin by instructing, in imitation of God, who leads men, not by a blind instinct, but by instruction and knowledge, by the external light of His Word, and the internal light of His grace. (Quesnel.)Capernaum (the field of repentance, or city of comfort)... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:22

Mark 1:22For He taught them as one that had authority.Conviction of Christ’s authority through His servant’s teachingFrancis Junius the younger was a considerable scholar, but by no means prejudiced in favour of the Scriptures, as appears by his own account, which is as follows:-“My father, who was frequently reading the New Testament, and had long observed with grief the progress I had made in infidelity, had put that book in my way in his library, in order to attract my attention, if it might... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:23

Mark 1:23A man with an unclean spirit.Possessed with a devilThe devil is always endeavouring to work on us, and seizes every advantage offered, and works through(1) a darkened mind, or(2) disordered nerves, or(3) a depraved heart.In all ages you find him oppressing with his torture all that are so conditioned, especially those with disordered nerves or depraved heart. The time of Christ was an age of wildness and despair. Oppression drove men mad. The man in the synagogue may have merely had... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:24

Mark 1:24Let us alone; what have we to do with Thee? The happiness of heaven can only be appreciated by the holyEven supposing a man of unholy life were suffered to enter heaven, he would not be happy there; so that it would be no mercy to permit him to enter. For heaven, it is plain from Scripture, is not a place where many different and discordant pursuits can be carried on at once, as is the case in this world. Here every man can do his own pleasure, but there he must do God’s pleasure. It... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:29-31

Mark 1:29-31But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever.Simon’s wifeThe Lord chose as the first of His apostles a married man, and after his election to follow the Lord he did not separate from his wife, but the Lord honours the family by sometimes dwelling in their house. St. Paul implies (1 Corinthians 9:5) that at times, at least, she accompanied St. Peter in his journeys. It appears from a very touching account given by Clement of Alexandria, that they were living together when she was... read more

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

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:14

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:15

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:16-18

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:19-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:22

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:23

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:24

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 1:29-31

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