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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:16-17

GOD AND CAESAR‘Whose is this image and superscription?… Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ Mark 12:16-Esther : These words contain a peculiarly characteristic example of our Saviour’s mode of teaching, and a profound evangelical principle, applicable to all religious study and instruction. The question was put to Him, not sincerely, but ‘to catch Him in His words’; and therefore, in one sense, the answer was no answer at all. He took them in... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:24

THE SADDUCEES CONFUTED‘Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?’ Mark 12:24 The Sadducees, like the Pharisees, thought to entangle and perplex our Lord with hard questions. The Church must not expect to fare better than its Master, and to-day questions are raised which it is not always easy to answer. I. The unfairness of the question.—The question propounded by the Sadducees is a striking illustration of unfairness. The case was a supposed and... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

A GREAT QUESTION ANSWERED‘Which is the first commandment of all?’ Mark 12:28 There can be but one, which to us is the first commandment of all. Open what part of the New Testament you please, and you find it, in one way or another, speaking of the love of God. I. What is meant by the love of God?—The Bible does not use words at random. When it uses a word, it means by it what that word stands for among men. When the Bible speaks of our being able to love God, of our duty and blessedness... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-31

‘THE DOUBLE COMMANDMENT Which is the first commandment of all?… Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.… Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:28-Obadiah : We have in these words a master instance of interpretation and fulfilment. Our Lord borrows, and there is stress on the fact that He borrows, from the Old Scriptures, for He is come not to destroy but to fulfil. I. The command, though old, is still new: new by new proportion and emphasis, and by disentanglement from much else that... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:29-31

THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO COMMANDMENTS‘The first of all the commandments is … And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:29-Obadiah : Let us think together of three bonds of likeness between the first and the second commandment. The second commandment is like unto the first. I. Both are laid upon us all by the same authority, with the same emphatic necessity.—Just as we are all bound by the first commandment, so are we all, without exception, bound... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:30

THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SOUL‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all … thy soul.’ Mark 12:30 Let me speak of the discipline of the soul as tending to perfection here, and also as an indispensable condition of the higher energies of the spirit. I. The soul contains the affections, passions, desires of the man, under the rule of the will and conscience. It is to a great extent what in popular language we often speak of as the heart. It is an organ of vast power. The soul is the form which... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:34

NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM‘And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.’ Mark 12:34 The deepest interest must ever attach to those utterances of Christ, in which He has pronounced upon the moral and spiritual state of those who came before Him, and fixed their true standing in the sight of God. I. The Kingdom.—Our Lord speaks of that Kingdom as a definite reality. It is a distinct sphere or region with a frontier line marking it off... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:44

A GREAT GIFT‘They did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had.’ Mark 12:44 I. Who was the giver?—She was a poor widow. Sorrow more often makes people selfish. II. The gift.—Two mites. Wealth, commerce, religious custom reckoned it small; but in the judgment of God the gift was exceedingly great. III. The scene of the gift.—It was bestowed in the Temple of God; it was deposited in one of thirteen boxes in the women’s court. It is meet and right that we give... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13

‘And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and courtiers of Herod that they might catch him in his talk.’ The courtiers of Herod would be in Jerusalem for the feast and would be disturbed that a Galilean was causing trouble in Jerusalem. We know that they and the Pharisees had previously banded together to try to destroy Him (Mark 3:6). Now they had banded together again for the same purpose. But they recognised that they had first to discredit Him before the people prior to acting against... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:16-17

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:24

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:29-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:30

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:34

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13

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