Bible Commentary

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 31. And he began to teach them ] The question and the answer it called forth were alike … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:31”

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he charged them,…. His disciples, after he had declared his approbation of Peter’s confession of faith, and signified he would build his church on that rock, and the gates of hell should not prevail against it: and promised Peter the keys of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:30”

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 29. Thou art the Christ ] To the momentous question, But whom say ye that I am? St Peter, as the ready spokesman of the rest of the Apostles, made the ever-memorable … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:29”

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some [say,] Elijah; and others, One of the prophets. 28. they answered ] In this answer we have the explanation, which common rumour, in His own days, offered of His marvellous works. (1) Some, like the guilty Herod, said He was John the Baptist risen from the dead; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:28”

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 27 9:1. Csarea Philippi. The Confession of St Peter 27. And Jesus went out ] The Redeemer and His Apostles now set out in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:27”

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town. 26. to his house ] Bethsaida, therefore, was not the place of his residence; he was to go immediately from the place to his own home not even to the village to which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:26”

After that he put [his] hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 25. saw every man clearly ] or rather, began to see all things clearly, “So that he syy clerely alle thingis,” Wyclif. The word translated “clearly” literally = “far-shining,” “far-beaming.” The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:25”

And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 24. as trees, walking ] He had not been born blind. He remembered the appearance of natural objects, and in the haze of his brightening vision he saw certain moving forms about him, “trees he should have accounted them from their height, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:24”

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 23. he took the blind man ] Even as He did with the other sufferer, whose case came … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:23”

And he cometh to Bethsaida: and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 22 26. The Blind Man in Eastern Bethsaida 22. Bethsaida ] i. e. Bethsaida Julias, which lay upon the northeastern coast of the Sea of Tiberias. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges To Bethsaida … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 8:22”