Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown (1871). Conservative evangelical (Church of Scotland and Anglican); concise and critical.
THIRD EXPLICIT AND STILL FULLER ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS APPROACHING SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION — THE AMBITIOUS REQUEST OF JAMES AND JOHN, AND THE REPLY. ( = Mat 20:17-28; Luk 18:31-34). (Mar 10:32-45)
And they were in the way — on the road.
going up to Jerusalem — in Perea, and probably somewhere between Ephraim and Jericho, on the farther side of the Jordan, and to the northeast of Jerusalem.
and Jesus went before them — as GROTIUS says, in the style of an intrepid Leader.
and they were amazed — or "struck with astonishment" at His courage in advancing to certain death.
and as they followed, they were afraid — for their own safety. These artless, lifelike touches — not only from an eye-witness, but one whom the noble carriage of the Master struck with wonder and awe — are peculiar to Mark, and give the second Gospel a charm all its own; making us feel as if we ourselves were in the midst of the scenes it describes. Well might the poet exclaim:
"The Saviour, what a noble flame
Was kindled in His breast,
When, hasting to Jerusalem,
He march'd before the rest!"
COWPER
And he took again the twelve — referring to His previous announcements on this sad subject.
and began to tell them what things should happen unto him — "were going to befall Him." The word expresses something already begun but not brought to a head, rather than something wholly future.
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Mark 9
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown (1871). Conservative evangelical (Church of Scotland and Anglican); concise and critical.
Introduction to chapter 9
THIRD EXPLICIT AND STILL FULLER ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS APPROACHING SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION — THE AMBITIOUS REQUEST OF JAMES AND JOHN, AND THE REPLY. ( = Mat 20:17-28; Luk 18:31-34). (Mar 10:32-45)
And they were in the way — on the road.
going up to Jerusalem — in Perea, and probably somewhere between Ephraim and Jericho, on the farther side of the Jordan, and to the northeast of Jerusalem.
and Jesus went before them — as GROTIUS says, in the style of an intrepid Leader.
and they were amazed — or "struck with astonishment" at His courage in advancing to certain death.
and as they followed, they were afraid — for their own safety. These artless, lifelike touches — not only from an eye-witness, but one whom the noble carriage of the Master struck with wonder and awe — are peculiar to Mark, and give the second Gospel a charm all its own; making us feel as if we ourselves were in the midst of the scenes it describes. Well might the poet exclaim:
"The Saviour, what a noble flame
Was kindled in His breast,
When, hasting to Jerusalem,
He march'd before the rest!"
COWPER
And he took again the twelve — referring to His previous announcements on this sad subject.
and began to tell them what things should happen unto him — "were going to befall Him." The word expresses something already begun but not brought to a head, rather than something wholly future.
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