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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:10-52

Betrayal. We now approach the darkest of all the dark hours through which our Redeemer passed in this world, so overcast with clouds. "The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of men." It was by "one of the twelve," and "unto the chief priests," and for "money I. What lessons on THE FRAILTY OF THE POOR HUMAN HEART ! The hand that received "the sop," that dipped into the same dish with Jesus, received into its hardened palm the miserable pittance—a slave's price. Ah! even... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-21

The Paschal supper. I. THE DUTIFUL MIND IS THE CLEAR - SEEING AND THE PREPARED MIND . What struck the evangelists was the calm foresight and method of Jesus. It was like the strategy of a general; the presence of mind of one who holds the clue to events, because he knows the moral sequence. On another occasion "Jesus himself knew what he would do." Here the disciples "found even as he told them." So generally, "everything will be found as Jesus has declared." II.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-25

Parallel passages: Matthew 26:17-19 , Matthew 26:26-29 ; Luke 22:7-13 , Luke 22:19 , Luke 22:20 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 .— The old dispensation merging in the new. I. THE PASSOVER AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE SUPPER . 1 . Comparison of the records . The memorial Passover differed from the Egyptian or original Passover in several points. A still greater change is now made. The substance now takes the place of the symbol. The antitype supersedes the type.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-26

The Paschal supper. The Lord's Supper is a distinctively Christian ordinance. Yet this record shows us that it was our Lord's design that it should be linked on to an observance with which his disciples were already familiar. He thus took advantage of a principle in human nature, and connected the associations and recollections which to the Hebrew mind were most sacred, with what was to be one of the holiest and most pathetic engagements of his people throughout all time. I. THE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:12-26

The Lord's Supper. During the process of the betrayal, the "first day of unleavened bread" came round, and "the Master," with "his disciples" in "a large upper room furnished and ready," sat and together partook of the Passover. It was the last time. The long series of observances begun in Egypt had now come to an end. Before the next year should bring round the time of the Passover, it would be "fulfilled in the kingdom of God." A deeper and wider meaning would be given to it. Another... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:17-21

The betrayer denounced. I. THE SHADOW AT THE FEAST , Not fear, as of a criminal under sting of conscience; nor over-anxiety, the specter that sits with the worldling at his board; but moral repugnance expressing itself in sympathetic sorrow. An inward sense of interrupted sympathy and fellowship. II. THE BETRAYER INDICATED . It is necessary to declare what it is which prevents the full communion of the household of Christ. This is done in order: 1 . To awaken the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:18

Verily I say unto you, One of you shall betray me, even he that eateth with me ( ὁ ἐσθίων μετ ἐμοῦ ) . Much had doubtless happened before our Lord said this; but St. Mark only records the important circumstances. These words of our Lord were uttered with great solemnity. The presence of the traitor was a burden upon his spirit, and cast a gloom over this usually joyous festival. A question here arises whether Judas remained to partake of the Holy Communion when our Lord... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:19

They began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? The disciples were naturally disposed to be joyful at this great festival. But their Master's sorrow and his words, and the solemnity with which they were uttered, cast a shadow over the whole company; and the disciples began to be sorrowful. The words, "And another said, Is it I?" are omitted by the best authorities. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:20

And he said unto them, It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth with me in the dish . St. Mark here uses the present participle ( ὁ ἐμβαπτόμενος ), bringing the action close to the time when he was speaking. St. Matthew ( Matthew 26:23 ) has ( ὁ ἐμβάψας ) "he that dipped his hand," using the aorist form. St. Mark's form is the more graphic. The dish probably contained a sauce called charoseth , into which they dipped their food before eating it. The following appears to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:21

For the Son of man goeth ( ὑπάγει )— goeth, departeth from this mortal scene: the reference is, of course, to his death—even as it is written of him; as, for example, in Psalms 22:1-31 and Isaiah 41:1-29 It was foreordained by God that he was to suffer as a victim for the sins of the whole world. But this predestined purpose of God did not make the guilt any the less of those who brought the Savior to his cross. Good were it for that man if he had not been born . The Greek is ... read more

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