Mark 12:1-34

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:28-34

See the notes on "Matthew 22:35", and following verses to Matthew 22:40, where whatsoever Mark here hath is opened. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:1-12

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 12:1. A place for the winefat.—Simply a winepress; or (more exactly) winevat, i.e. the receptacle under the winepress proper. Probably ὑπολήνιον is here used to denote the whole apparatus, which was often hollowed out of a sloping rock. A tower.—A stone building some twenty feet high, with a flat roof, where a sentinel was posted to protect the vineyard from depredators. It would also serve as a residence during the vintage season. Into a far country.—Too... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:13-17

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 12:13. To catch Him in His words.—The chief priests and scribes and elders having signally failed in their last attempt (chap. Mark 11:27-33), now send a band of Pharisees and Herodians, in the hope that they may be able to entangle and ensnare Him in an argument.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 12:13-17(PARALLELS: Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20:19-26.)Question as to tribute money.—One part of the business of a teacher of Divine truth is to be ready to resolve... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:18-27

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 12:19. “The statute must be regarded as relative to some exceedingly offensive matrimonial condition which had prevailed, probably polyandry. When such a custom has unhappily got ingrained in the habits of a degraded people, it is not possible to induce them to leap, at a bound, to a lofty pinnacle of marital purity. The ascent must be gradual; the utmost that can be achieved by progressive legislators is to take one step at a time.” See Dr. J. Morison’s note... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:28-34

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 12:28. The scribe’s question was—Of what nature is the first commandment of all? Has it to do, that is, with Sabbath observance, or with circumcision, or with sacrificial rites—or what?Mark 12:30. Note the prep. ἐξ, before “heart,” “soul,” “mind,” “strength.” The whole of man’s complex being is to go out in love to God. “The measure of our love to God is to love Him without measure.”Mark 12:32. Finely (answered)! Teacher, Thou hast spoken from (the standpoint... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:17

Mark 12:17 I. The questioners here, we are told, were the Pharisees and the Herodians. With the Pharisees we are well acquainted. Of the Herodians we know nothing, except what this incident reveals. Whether they were a religious sect or a political party, we are not informed. Their name only shows that they were favourable to the ascendancy of Herod, and Herod's family. The Pharisees and the Herodians alike must have had a genuine interest in the question which they asked, "Is it lawful to give... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:27

Mark 12:27 I. Man the worker, who knows all the labour, all the skill of work, thinks much of work. Man the seer, who gathers in all his knowledge by sight, thinks much of sight. Man the speaker, who carries on all his projects by speech, thinks much of speech. And deeds done, and things seen, and powers of speech, so possess the world, so fill up its space, that few ever stop to examine what more there may be, and whether works and sight and speech are indeed the grand realities they claim to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:29-30

Mark 12:29-30 The Ideal of Christian Consecration. Notice: I. The character of the love of God. It is not necessary that we should accurately determine the philosophical signification of the words heart, soul, mind, and strength or might, in the Hebrew of Deuteronomy, or the Greek of Mark. Briefly, Christ is saying that the whole man must be enlisted in our love of God. (1) God claims from us a warm personal affection. Nothing will make up to God for the want of affection. The highest... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:30-31

Mark 12:30-31 The True Application of Christian Doctrines. I. Jesus came, first, to teach men of God. Without this knowledge man can never understand himself, either as to his nature, his duties, or his possibilities. Jesus taught men, (1) that God is Spirit, (2) that man is spirit also, (3) that between us and God is the relationship of child to parent, for He revealed unto human kind the Fatherhood of Deity. II. Jesus gave great instruction touching the destiny of man. The doctrine of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:32

Mark 12:32 The Divine Echo in the Human Heart. God's word may be received controversially, speculatively, or lovingly; men may argue about it, or let it argue with them to their conviction and redemption. Take for example the doctrine, Man is a sinner. You may make it a matter of controversy, and by all the poor devices of self-conceit may endeavour to escape its consequences; it may be met with flat denial, or received with many modifications. But take it into the heart, when the heart is in... read more

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