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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:53

Mark 14:53And they led Jesus away to the High Priest.Christ before the priestsI. Give attention to the two high priests with whom the trial of Jesus began.II. The midnight council of triers. For blind men to be fair critics of Turner, for bats to be fair critics of sunshine, for worms to be fair critics of the open air, would be more conceivable than the possibility of men like these being fair judges of Jesus! How could such sinners understand the Holy One of God? Besides their unfairness from... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:54

Mark 14:54And Peter followed Him afar off.Following afar offA young man, it is told, was for several months in a backsliding state, which manifested itself in the usual way,-of conformity to a fashionable and unholy course of life, and a neglect of the ordinances and institutions of the house of God. During this time he called on a deacon of the church, who was a watchmaker, and asked him to repair his watch. “What is the difficulty with your watch?” said he. “It has lost time lately,” said the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:55

Mark 14:55All the council sought for witness against Jesus.The Council-Jesus before the Jewish CouncilThe world, in its best moods, exalts justice; and, in its worst moods, defeats it. Everything depends on the mood for the time being. Multitudes on the first day of Holy Week strewed the way with their clothes for their king to ride over; it was their mood. Only five days later a mob, bearing lanterns and torches, sought Him as if He were a thief, and led Him a prisoner over that same highway.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:61-62

Mark 14:61-62But He held His peace.Eloquent silenceThere is a silence which is often more eloquent than speech, means more than any words, and speaks ten times more powerfully to the heart. Such, for example, is the silence when the heart is too full for utterance, and the organs of speech are choked by the whelming tide of emotion. The sight of a great man so shaken, and quivering with feeling, that the tongue can give no voice to what the heart feels, is of all human rhetoric the most potent.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:62-65

Mark 14:62-65And ye shall see the lion of Man.The value of Christ’s oath before PilateI propose to inquire what the value of this oath is; what value we ought to attach to it as evidence that Jesus was the Messiah; and I suppose that this is to be determined on the same basis and grounds on which we determine the value of evidence in other cases. How is that?1. By those extraneous circumstances which are corroborative or otherwise, of that which is testified to.(1) Jesus was the only being who... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:66

Mark 14:66And as Peter was beneath in the palace.The High Priest’s palaceThe palace of the High Priest was in all probability built much in the Roman style. There was what was called the vestibulum, an entrance adorned with pillars; in this was the ostium, or entrance hall, closed with doors. On one side lived the porter. This hall gave admission to the atrium, called in a Greek house the aule, a square or oblong apartment, open in the middle to the sky, with, in Roman houses, a small water... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:67

Mark 14:67Peter warming himself.Peter at the fire1. Peter had one reason for being there-to see what would be the issue of Christ’s apprehension, and to while away the time: but God had another end in view. Had Peter favoured the revealed will of God, he had not been there with no business but to sit down and warm himself. But by the secret will and providence of God, Peter must be here, not only to accomplish the word of Christ, but for another special purpose. For the good of the Church, he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:68

Mark 14:68; Mark 14:72But he denied.The foulness of Peter’s sin1. He denies flatly and peremptorily.2. He gives a double denial; implying more resolution. And both his denials are distinct and manifest lies.3. He denies Christ before a multitude.(1) Bad enough to have denied Christ before one witness. How much worse before so many?(2) He who denies Christ before any man, shall be denied by Him before the Father. What a great sin to deny Him before all men!(3) In so great a company were a number... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 14:72

Mark 14:72And Peter called to mind the word. Peter’s repentanceThat the cock crew again was an ordinary and natural thing, but at this time ordained for a special end.1. To put Peter in mind of his promise.2. To bear witness to the words of Christ, which Peter will not, till now, believe to be true.3. To reprove Peter of His sin.4. To accuse Peter to his own conscience. He needs the voice of a cock to help him out of his sin! He is admonished by this voice, that the silly cock kept his watch,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 14:43

43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Ver. 43. See Trapp on " Mat 26:47 " read more

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