Quotes & Notes on:
Mark 1:14
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John Wesley's Notes:
(No comment on this verse)
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* A.M. 4031. A.D. 27. after. Mt 4:12; 11:2; 14:2; Lu 3:20; Joh 3:22-24
* preaching. Isa 61:1-3; Mt 4:23; 9:35; Lu 4:17-19,43; 8:1; Ac 20:25;
28:23 Eph 2:17
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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Family Bible Notes:
(No comment on this verse)
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
After John is taken Christ shows himself more fully.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
Mark proceeds to the account of the Savior's public ministry in
Galilee. Between Christ's baptism and this occurred the events narrated
in Joh 2:1-4:54. For notes on this ministry see Mt 4:12-25.
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
Jesus came into Galilee (êlthen ho Iêsous eis tên Galilaian).
Here Mark begins the narrative of the active ministry of Jesus and he is
followed by Matthew and Luke. Mark undoubtedly follows the preaching of
Peter. But for the Fourth Gospel we should not know of the year of work
in various parts of the land (Perea, Galilee, Judea, Samaria) preceding
the Galilean ministry. John supplements the Synoptic Gospels at this
point as often. The arrest of John had much to do with the departure of
Jesus from Judea to Galilee (Joh 4:1-4). Preaching the gospel of God (kêrussôn
to euaggelion tou theou). It is the subjective genitive, the gospel that
comes from God. Swete observes that repentance (metanoia) is the keynote
in the message of the Baptist as gospel (euaggelion) is with Jesus. But
Jesus took the same line as John and proclaimed both repentance and the
arrival of the kingdom of God. Mark adds to Matthew's report the words
"the time is fulfilled" (peplêrôtai ho kairos). It is a significant fact
that John looks backward to the promise of the coming of the Messiah and
signalizes the fulfilment as near at hand (perfect passive indicative).
It is like Paul's fulness of time (plêrôma tou chronou) in Ga 4:4 and
fulness of the times (plêrôma ton kairôn) in Eph 1:10 when he employs
the word kairos, opportunity or crisis as here in Mark rather than the
more general term chronos. Mark adds here also: "and believe in the
gospel" (kai pisteuete en tôi euaggeliôi). Both repent and believe in
the gospel. Usually faith in Jesus (or God) is expected as in Joh 14:1.
But this crisis called for faith in the message of Jesus that the
Messiah had come. He did not use here the term Messiah, for it had come
to have political connotations that made its use at present unwise. But
the kingdom of God had arrived with the presence of the King. It does
make a difference what one believes. Belief or disbelief in the message
of Jesus made a sharp cleavage in those who heard him. "Faith in the
message was the first step; a creed of some kind lies at the basis of
confidence in the Person of Christ, and the occurrence of the phrase
pistuete en tôi euaggeliôi in the oldest record of the teaching of our
Lord is a valuable witness to this fact" (Swete).
Albert Barnes' Commentary:
Now after that John, etc. John was imprisoned by Herod, Mt 14:3.
Jesus came into Galilee. He left Judea, and went into the more retired
country of Galilee. He supposed that if he remained in Judea, Herod
would also persecute him, and attempt his life. His time of death had
not come; and he therefore prudently sought safety in retirement, hence
we may learn, that when we have great duties to perform for the church
of God, we are not wantonly to endanger our lives. When we can secure
them without a sacrifice of principle, we are to do it. See Mt 24:16.
{o} "Jesus came" Mt 4:23
{p} "The Gospel" Lu 8:1
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
(No comment on this verse)
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Spurgeon Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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William Burkitt's Notes:
In this our Saviour's first beginning to preach the gospel, we have an
account of the time when, the place where, and the sum of what, he
preached.
Observe, 1. The time when our Lord began to preach, and that was after
John the Baptist was cast into prison,
Where note, 1. The undue reward which the ministers of God do sometimes
meet with from a wicked world; they are hated, persecuted, and
imprisoned, for their courage in reproving sin: John for reproving
Herod's incest was put in prison.
Note, 2. John was no sooner in prison, and stopped and hindered from
preaching, but Christ began to preach. See the care and kindness of God
towards his church, in that he never leaves it wholly destitute of the
means of instruction: when some of his faithful ministers are restrained
from preaching, he stirreth up others in their room, not suffering all
their mouths to be stopped at once.
Observe, 2. The place where our Lord first preached, in Galilee. The
land of Canaan, in our Saviour's time, was divided into three principal
provinces: on the south, Judea; on the north, Galilee; in the midst,
Samaria.
Galilee was divided into the upper and lower Galilee; the higher was
called Galilee of the Gentiles, because it was the utmost part of the
land, and so next unto the Gentiles. In this upper Galilee, Capernaum
was the metropolis, or chief; and Chorazin a lesser city.
Now much of our Saviour's time was spent in Galilee; he was conceived
and brought up at Nazareth, a city in Galilee; he first preached at
Capernaum in Galilee; he wrought his first miracle at Cana in Galilee;
his transfiguration was upon mount Tabor in Galilee; and our Saviour's
ordinary residence was in Galilee. He came into Judea, and up to
Jerusalem, only at the feasts: and after his resurrection he appoints
his disciples to meet him in Galilee. Only his nativity, his passion,
and ascension, were proper to Judea. His nativity at Bethlehem, his
passion at Jerusalem,and his ascension upon mount Olivet, hard by
Jerusalem.
Now all this demonstrates Christ to be the true and promised Messias;
for according to prophecy, the Messias was to have his presence and
principal abode in the province of Galilee, Isa 9:1,2,3, &c. Yet because
he was of Galilee, the Jews would not believe him to be the Messiah,
saying in scorn, Can any good thing come out of Galilee? Whereas our
Saviour's habitation and free conversation there, was a proof unto them,
and ought to have persuaded them, that according to the prophecy he was
the very Christ.
Observe, 3. The sum of what our Lord preached, namely, a doctrine, and
an exhortation. His doctrine is, That the time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand; that is, that the time foretold by the
prophets, when the kingdom of the Messiah should begin, was now come.
The exhortation is, Therefore repent, and believe the gospel.
From the former note, That the Messiah's coming, or our Saviour's
appearing in the flesh, was exactly at the time foretold by the holy
prophets: The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of the Messiah is at hand.
Note, 2. That the great doctrines of repentance and faith are taught
only in and by the gospel, and accordingly ought in a special manner to
be preached and insisted upon by the ministers of the gospel. The
doctrine of Christ, and his ambassadors, is and ought to be the same;
they both teach the great doctrines of faith and repentance to a lost
world: Repent, and believe the gospel.
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
Jesus began to preach in Galilee, after that John was put in prison. If
some be laid aside, others shall be raised up, to carry on the same
work. Observe the great truths Christ preached. By repentance we give
glory to our Creator whom we have offended; by faith we give glory to
our Redeemer who came to save us from our sins. Christ has joined these
two together, and let no man think to put them asunder. Christ puts
honour upon those who, though mean in this world, are diligent in their
business and kind to one another. Industry and unity are good and
pleasant, and the Lord Jesus commands a blessing on them. Those whom
Christ calls, must leave all to follow him; and by his grace he makes
them willing to do so. Not that we must needs go out of the world, but
we must sit loose to the world; forsake every thing that is against our
duty to Christ, and that cannot be kept without hurt to our souls. Jesus
strictly kept the sabbath day, by applying himself unto, and abounding
in the sabbath work, in order to which the sabbath rest was appointed.
There is much in the doctrine of Christ that is astonishing; and the
more we hear it, the more cause we see to admire it.
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The Fourfold Gospel:
Either delivered up by the people to Herod (Mt 17:12), or
delivered up by Herod himself to the warden of the castle of Machaerus
(Lu 12:58), or by Providence to Herod himself (Ac 2:23).
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