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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:30

And he charged them ( επετίμησεν )—a strong word, implying almost rebuke, he strictly charged them— that they should tell no man of him . Why was this? There were many reasons for this reticence. The state of parties in Palestine was most inexpedient for such a disclosure at that time. Those who were favorable to his cause would have wanted at once to take him by force and make him a king. In fact, some of them made no secret of their intentions ( John 6:15 ). Those, on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:31

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, etc. In St. Matthew's narrative he says ( Matthew 16:21 ), "From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples," etc.—from the time, that is, of this great confession; from the time when he had openly acknowledged to his disciples the truth of his essential Divinity; from that time he began to instruct them as to his passion and his death. There are two great principles of faith, namely, And it was necessary that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:31-33

The Christ foretelling his own career. I. HOW UNIQUE AND MARVELLOUS THE PREDICTION ! It is a clear, consistent, even symmetrical scheme; as exquisitely balanced and progressively developed as any tragedy of Aeschylus or Euripides. A person who could ideally mark out such a future for himself could not have been mere man. The gospel challenges investigation because of the originality and Divine moral elevation of its conception. And by such statements as this it proves how... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:31-38

Unwelcome prophecies. I. PLAIN TRUTHS SELDOM WELCOME . He now spoke of suffering, rejection, even murder, at the hands of a conspiracy. The veil was drawn aside; at last it was seen what the Messiahship of Jesus meant. The same thing had before been expressed parabolically ( John 2:19 ; John 3:14 ; John 6:51 ). II. THE FLATTERY OF FRIENDSHIP . The honest-hearted Peter is endeared to us. He is so human; his feelings always on the right side, his intelligence often... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 8:27-38

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 16:13-28.Mark 8:32He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of misunderstanding him.Mark 8:38Ashamed of me - Ashamed to own attachment to me on account of my lowly appearance and my poverty.And of my words - My doctrines, my instructions.This adulterous and sinful generation - This age given to wickedness, particularly to adultery.In the glory of his Father... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 8:27-30

Mark 8:27-30. And Jesus went into the towns of Cesarea Philippi These verses are explained at large in the notes on Matthew 16:13-20. He charged them that they should tell no man of him He enjoined on them silence for the present, 1st, That he might not encourage the people to set him up for a temporal king; 2d, That he might not provoke the scribes and Pharisees to destroy him before the time, and, 3d, That he might not forestall the brighter evidence which was to be given of his divine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 8:31-33

Mark 8:31-33. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer The disciples being now convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and having made confession of him as such, they were prepared to receive this further and equally important discovery, which they could not have borne before, without being so offended as to forsake him; and which, perhaps, they could hardly have borne now, had they thoroughly understood, and fully believed, Christ’s words; for they certainly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 8:27-33

73. Peter’s confession of the Messiah (Matthew 16:13-23; Mark 8:27-33; Luke 9:18-22)Jesus and the apostles travelled up to Caesarea Philippi, in the far north of Palestine. While there, Jesus asked the apostles who they believed him to be. Peter, probably speaking for the group, replied that he was the promised Messiah, the Son of God (Matthew 16:13-16).Delighted at this insight, Jesus told the group (through words addressed to their spokesman Peter) that they would be the foundation on which... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 8:30

charged = strictly charged. This second subject of His ministry is thus closed. Sufficient testimony had been given to that generation, as to His Person. of = concerning. Greek peri. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 8:31

He began . The third period and subject of His ministry: the rejection of Himself as King. See App-119 , and notes on Matthew 16:21-28 ; Luke 24:26 . the Son of man . See App-98 . must . For this necessity see Acts 3:15 , of . Greek. apo, as in Mark 8:15 . But all the texts read hupo = at the hands of. App-104 . after . Greek. meta . App-104 . See App-148 . read more

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