马可福音 8:15-21 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:1-21

A sign from heaven. "There was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat." Again Jesus had "compassion." Again are the disciples perplexed. "Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?" Speedily, of "seven loaves" and "a few small fishes" "about four thousand men, beside women and children, did eat and were filled," and "broken pieces remained over" to the extent of "seven baskets." Jesus left the miracle to give its own teachings—the great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:1-21

Parallel passage: Mt 15:30-16:12. The Feeding of the for thousand 1 . The feeding of the four thousand. 2 . The sign sought by the Pharisees. 3 . The leaven of the Pharisees. I. OMISSION . Having pretty fully considered the feeding of the five thousand recorded in the sixth chapter, and its relation to the feeding of the four thousand narrated in the above section of this eighth chapter, we waive further notice of this subject, as the two miracles are in fact twin miracles,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:11-21

Craving for signs. I. WHENCE THE CRAVING SPRINGS . "The Jews seek after a sign." It is the spirit we nowadays term "sensationalism." It is a natural desire for a certain pleasure of the mind. Fixed ideas, a sameness of mental representations, wearies and saddens the mind. Hence the craving for amusement, which gives change to the perpetual march past of the same old thoughts. The feeling is natural enough. The Jews, who had no science in our sense, and did not live in an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

Misunderstanding. The evangelists have left untold much which we would fain know, and they have recorded some things which our unwisdom would have dispensed with. The incident here recorded seems trivial, and the conversation arising upon it commonplace. Yet it was not without a purpose that two evangelists were directed to preserve this passage in our Lord's ordinary life. I. THE WARNING WHICH THE DISCIPLES MISUNDERSTOOD . Christ's ministry of teaching seems to have been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

The leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod. The parabolic habit of mind of Christ was essential to the setting forth of Divine truth to the comprehension of men; but as yet the persons who might have been expected to understand his teaching most thoroughly, were continually mistaking it. Whilst their Master discoursed of heavenly things, the thoughts of the disciples were upon the earth. There is nothing so reveals the moral and spiritual distance of persons from one another as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

Leaven. After the great miracle of the feeding of the four thousand, Jesus "entered into a boat with his disciples, and came."—for rest, probably—"into the parts of Dalmanutha. And they forgot to take bread." Had not emphasis been laid on their forgetfulness, we might have supposed they had been led to think "one loaf" enough; for if the Master could feed four thousand with seven loaves, surely he could feed twelve men with one! These men were yet but children in understanding, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:15

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. St. Matthew ( Matthew 15:6 ) says, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;" thus St. Mark identifies the leaven of the Sadducees with that of Herod. "Leaven" here means "doctrine." They were not to beware of this, so far as the Pharisees rightly taught and explained the Law of Moses; but only so far as they corrupted that Law by their own vain traditions, contrary to the Law of God, St. Luke ( Luke 12:11 )... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:16

According to the most approved readings, this verse should be read thus: And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread . There is something very artless and simple in this narrative. Our Lord speaks of" leaven;" and the mention of this word reminds the disciples that they had forgotten to bring bread with them in the boat; and fearing lest Christ should direct them, according to his wont, to land on some desert shore, they were in some anxiety how they might obtain what they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:17

And when Jesus knew it ( καὶ γνοὺς ὁ ἰησοὺς ) —literally and far more correctly, and Jesus perceiving it— he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Jesus perceived the direction in which their thoughts were moving, by the power of his divinity. It is as though he said, "Why reason ye because ye have no bread, as though I was referring to natural things, and speaking concerning bread for the body, and wishing you to be anxious about that; as though I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:19-20

Here St. Mark is as careful as St. Matthew to mention the details of the two miracles, even to the reference to the two kinds of baskets in which the fragments were gathered up. They had a distinct recollection of the facts, but they had failed to catch their spiritual import. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:11-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:14-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 8:19-20

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