Mark 8:1-33

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 8:29-30

Luke reports no more of this than Mark, but Matthew reports it much larger, giving us a further reply of Christ to Peter; See Poole on "Matthew 16:15", and following verses to Matthew 16:20, which we have there discoursed largely upon. I shall only say here; That if so great a point as Peter’s primacy had been understood by Christ’s disciples of that age to have been settled by that answer of our Saviour, it is likely two of the evangelists would not have omitted an account of it. If they had... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 8:31

Our Lord is elsewhere said to have taught his disciples, according as they were able to bear, or to hear, what he spake unto them. He did not at the first teach them that he must suffer death: the doctrine of the cross of Christ was like new wine not fit to be put into old bottles; yet necessary to be taught them, lest when they saw it soon after they should have been offended, as indeed they were to some degree, notwithstanding the premonition they had of it. With the doctrine of his... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 8:32-33

It is from hence manifest, that notwithstanding the confession of Peter, that he was the Christ, yet they had a very imperfect knowledge of the business of the redemption of man by the blood of Christ, and a very imperfect faith as to the hypostatical union of the Divine and human nature in the one person of the Redeemer; for had Peter known these things he would have seen a necessity of Christ’s dying and resurrection from the dead, in order to the redemption and salvation of man, and would... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:1-9

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:1. The multitude being very great.—The MS. authority is pretty evenly divided between παμπόλλου as above, and πάλιν πόλλου, there being again a great multitude. The latter seems preferable on the whole, παμπόλλου being found nowhere else in the New Testament, nor yet in LXX.Mark 8:3. For divers, etc.—And some of them are (or, are come) from afar. Our Lord’s words: not an addition by the Evangelist.Mark 8:8. Broken meat.—Fragments, as in chap. Mark 6:43.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:10-12

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:10. Dalmanutha.—“Has been identified with the modern Ain-el-Bârideh, the ‘cold fountain,’ a glen which opens upon the lake about a mile from Magdala.” Cp. Matthew 15:39.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 8:10-12(PARALLEL: Matthew 16:1-4.)The “sign” refused.—It was, we may be sure, no mere intellectual deficiency in His hearers which drew this sigh from the Gracious Saviour. In the request that He would give them a sign there was some secret spiritual... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:13-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:17. Hardened.—Dulled. See on chaps. Mark 3:5; Mark 6:52.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 8:13-21(PARALLEL: Matthew 16:5-12.)A warning against formality and indifference.—I. What the caution refers to.—1. A formal, hypocritical religion. 2. An indifference about all religion. The rich, the gay, the men of learning and philosophy, are too generally of this description.II. Some reasons for this caution.—1. Because of our proneness to these evils. 2.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:22-26

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:22-26. Peculiar to Mark. Bethsaida (= Fish-town).—There were two places of this name: (1) the landing-port for Capernaum, on the western side of the lake; (2) a village to the north-east, on which Herod Philip conferred the status of a city, naming it Julias, after the emperor’s daughter. That this latter was the Bethsaida to which our Lord now withdrew may be inferred from the indications of locality in Mark 8:10; Mark 8:13; Mark 8:27.Mark 8:24. See R.V. “I... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:27-38

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:27. Cæsarea Philippi.—This picturesquely situated town, originally called Paneas, after a cavern dedicated to Pan in its neighbourhood, was enlarged and fortified by Herod Philip, who also renamed it in honour of the emperor. Then, to distinguish it from the Cæsarea on the Mediterranean coast—the seat of the Roman government, where Cornelius lived and Paul suffered imprisonment—it was styled “Cæsarea Philippi.” The name was again changed to Neronias by... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 8:1-9

Mark 8:1-9 We have here I. A picture of the forsaken Church of Christ. (1) Much people were gathered round the Lord. Many are gathered round Him today. Few, if we think of the immense multitude of those who are called into the Church of Christ; many, if we think of the small number of the chosen in all ages, and especially in our own day. (2) They have nothing to eat, said the Lord in our Gospel about the four thousand hearers. The same words must be said of the people of Christ now. The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 8:4

Mark 8:4 Bread in the Wilderness. I. The question of the disciples has been, as all will admit, the natural question of all who have had any time or mind to think from the beginning of the world. There is perhaps no animal that has to spend so large a part of his time in procuring the food he needs as man. And when he has got it, it will not satisfy him as their daily food will satisfy the other creatures. No sooner is he filled than he finds out that man cannot live by bread alone, that he... read more

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