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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 11:15-18

Mark 11:15-18And Jesus went into the Temple, and began to cast out them that sold.The Temple cleansed: or, Christ the purifier of religionWhen we are told that this took place “in the temple” we are not to suppose that the Holiest of all is meant, but the Court of the Gentiles. It was this portion of the sacred enclosure that was converted into a market. It was doubtless a convenient arrangement, and a profitable one; but it was a bold offence, and drew down the severe condemnation of Christ.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 11:22

Mark 11:22Have faith in God.Have faith in GodI. What faith is.1. Taking God at His word, about things unknown (Hebrews 11:7), unlikely (Hebrews 11:17-19), untried (Hebrews 11:28).2. Trusting Jesus at His invitation. Trust your soul to His care; your sins to His cleansing; your life to His keeping.II. Whence faith comes.1. From God’s grace (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 12:3)2. From God’s Word (Romans 10:17; 2 Timothy 3:15).3. From God’s working (1 John 5:1; Colossians 2:12).4. Out of the heart (Romans... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 11:23

Mark 11:23That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed.This mountain“This mountain,” which Christ promised His disciples power to remove, and which in after years they did most effectually remove, was the holy mount on which the Hebrew temple once stood, but which is now crowned with churches and a mosque. He saw that even the Jewish religion was waxing old and ready to vanish away. And yet how impossible it seemed that they, a few simple and unlettered men, with no force but... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 11:24

Mark 11:24What things soever ye desire when ye pray.Combined action of prayer and faithThe apostles, when the Lord was taken away from them, would have to commend His doctrine to the world by miracles. To this end it was needful that their faith in God, as the Bestower of all power to do such things, should be raised. For the real doer of every miracle or sign was God, and God only. When the apostles healed suddenly any sick person, or cast out any evil spirit, it was by the combined exercise... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 11:25-26

Mark 11:25-26But if ye do not forgive.Prayer and forgiveness1. The first lesson here taught is that of a forgiving disposition. God’s full and free forgiveness is to be the rule of ours with men.2. There is a second and more general lesson. Our daily life in the world is made the test of our intercourse with God in prayer. Life does not consist of so many loose pieces, of which now the one, then the other, can be taken up. My drawing nigh to God is of one piece with my intercourse with men.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 11:1

1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, Ver. 1. See Trapp on " Mat 21:1 " read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 11:2

2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him . Ver. 2. Whereon never man sat ] As if it had been done on set purpose. Here was a wheel within a wheel,Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 1:10 , the better to convince the stubborn Jews of his kingly office. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 11:3

3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. Ver. 3. Say ye that the Lord hath need of him ] See here six different arguments of our Saviour’s Deity: 1. That he knew there was such an ass colt. 2. That he sent for it. 3. Foresaw that the masters of the colt would question them that set it. 4. That he professeth himself the Lord of all. 5. That he could tell they would send the colt. 6. That accordingly they did... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 11:4

4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. Ver. 4. See Trapp on " Mat 21:6 " See Trapp on " Luk 19:32 " read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 11:5

5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? Ver. 5. See Trapp on " Luk 19:33 " read more

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