Mark 6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:54

They knew him - Επιγνοντες , They recollected him; for he had before preached and wrought miracles in different places of the same country. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:56

Villages - Probably small towns near cities. Country - Villages at a distance from cities and large public towns. See the notes on Matthew 14:34-36 ; (note). Christ went about doing good - he confined his ministry and miracles to no place - wherever he went, they stood in need of his help; and whenever they required his assistance, they had it granted immediately. Our Lord's conduct, in these respects, is a perfect pattern for every preacher of his Gospel. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:12

Verse 12 Mark 6:12.And they departed, and preached. Matthew silently passes over what the Apostles did. Mark and Luke relate that they proceeded to execute the commission which they had received; and from their statements it appears more clearly, that the office which Christ at that time bestowed upon them, as I have formerly mentioned, was temporary, and indeed lasted but a few days. They tell us that the Apostles went through the cities and villages: and they unquestionably returned in a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:24

Verse 24 Mark 6:24.And she went out, and said to her mother We need not wonder that Herodias attached so much importance to John’s death. (367) The conjecture thrown out by some—that she was actuated by revenge,—is not at all probable. It was rather the dread of being cast off that inflamed and tormented her; as it usually happens that, when adulterers are visited with feelings of uneasiness, they become ashamed of their own lust. But she hoped that this crime would bind Herod more closely to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:26

Verse 26 26.And the king being sorry. His heart, as we have said, was no longer influenced by religious sentiments; but, foreseeing the detestation that will be excited by such a crime, he dreads both the loss of character and positive harm, and consequently repents of his levity. And yet he has not the courage to give a refusal to a dancing girl, lest he should incur the reproach of unsteadiness; as if it were more dishonorable to retract a rash and foolish promise than to persist in a heinous... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:28

Verse 28 28.And gave it to the girl. It was an additional aggravation of this detestable crime, that the head of the holy man was made, after his death, a matter of sport. But in this way the Lord sometimes gives up his people to the pride of wicked men, till he at length makes it evident that their blood is precious in his sight (Psalms 116:15.) Herodias is delighted with the thought of having gained her wicked purpose, and cruelly triumphs over her reprover; but when afterwards, stripped of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:29

Verse 29 29.His disciples came. One thing only remained to complete the woman’s cruelty. It was, to leave the corpse of the holy man unburied; for there is reason to believe that, when his disciples performed this duty, the attendants of the tyrant had thrown out the corpse. Though the honor of burial is of no importance to the dead, yet it is the will of the Lord that we should observe this ceremony as a token of the last resurrection; and therefore God was pleased with the carefulness which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1

Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came into his own country , the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfolk after the flesh still lived. Nazareth would be about a day's journey from Capernaum. This was not the first public exercise of his ministry at Nazareth. Of that and its results St. Luke gives us the account ( Luke 4:16 ). It would seem reasonable to suppose that, after the fame which he had now acquired,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Unbelief. Our Lord may have had two reasons for leaving Capernaum and for visiting Nazareth. One, a personal reason—to see his mother and his sisters, who seem to have been married there. The other, a ministerial reason—to escape from the busy throngs who resorted to him by the lake, and to take a new center for evangelistic labours on the part of himself and his disciples. It is singular and instructive that Nazareth should have perhaps twice furnished a striking instance of human... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Jesus visiting his own country. By going thither— I. HE GRATIFIED A HUMAN YEARNING . In a previous chapter he is reported to have asked, "Who is my mother and my brethren?" He now shows that those broad human relations he had claimed did not imply the neglect of nearer ones, or indifference to them. He sought to benefit his own people in the highest way, oven whilst he would not suffer the narrow claims of his home to interfere with the wider claims of his kingdom. Have we so... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:54

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:56

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

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