Mark 8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 8:38

Whosoever therefore = For whosoever. My words . Not of Christ only, but of His words. See note on Mark 9:32 . this . . . generation. A Divine supplement, here. Note the frequent references to "this generation" as sinful above all others, and as being different from all others: verses: Mark 8:12 ; Mark 9:19 ; Mark 13:30 . See note on Matthew 11:16 . him also. The "also" must be after 'the Son of man", not after "him", cometh = may have come. Father . See App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:1

Topics which make up the subject matter of Mark 8 are: the feeding of the 4,000 (Mark 8:1-9), the Lord's refusal to give the Pharisees the kind of sign they wanted (Mark 8:11-13), questions concerning the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod (Mark 8:14-21), healing the blind man of Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26), Peter's confession of Christ (Mark 8:37-30), and the first announcement of his Passion, resurrection, and second coming (Mark 8:31-38).THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSANDThis miracle, recorded... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:2

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have, nothing to eat.Matthew's fuller account relates the countless miracles of healing which took place in the three days, thus explaining how it came about that so many people would remain in a desert place without food. What they were receiving from Christ was valued by them above food itself. See my Commentary on Matthew, p. 233.I have compassion ... This is one of the great words regarding Jesus Christ.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:3

And if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.These words were plainly spoken by the Lord in a move to arouse pity in his apostles and to elicit from them a petition for the Lord to relieve the increasingly critical emergency.Some of them come from far ... Throughout the cities of the Decapolis, as far as Damascus, the people had come; but the fact of their being Gentiles would appear to have blinded the apostles to the urgency of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:4

And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?Whence ...? Whence indeed are the supplies to feed any man or all men, if not from the Lord? The prejudice of the apostles is showing in this reply. They were not concerned at all with meeting the dire human need of the hungry multitude; they were Gentiles; so they dismissed the Lord's question with what amounts to a flippant remark that there was no place around there to buy bread for... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:5

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.It would appear from Mark 8:7 that the apostles were even a little less than candid regarding what they did have, for they at first made no mention of the few small fishes which they also had; but, regardless of their evident reluctance, Jesus ordered the feast to proceed. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:6

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.The miracle here followed almost exactly the pattern of the previous wonder in that Christ appeared not as the waiter but as the provider of the bounty, the apostles giving to the multitude what they had first received from Jesus. Thus, it is also in the realm of spiritual food; no man can... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:7

And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.One may only deplore the comment of a scholar like Cranfield who saw in this verse nothing more than awkwardness on the part of the sacred narrator. He said that the verse was "added rather awkwardly as an afterthought."[4] The fact of our Lord's blessing the fish, however, proves that he had not already done so, and that, for some reason, these had not been available at the initial giving of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:8

And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets.And were filled ... Wycliffe rendered this passage "they were fulfilled," the original meaning of fulfill being to fill full.Seven baskets ... The word for basket in this miracle is from a different Greek word than the word translated "baskets" in the other wonder and has a sharp difference of meaning. Both refer to wicker containers, but the one meant here is flexible and much larger. This was... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:9

And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away. And straightway he entered into the boat with his disciples and came to Dalmanutha.Dalmanutha ... was the destination of the Lord and his apostles on this embarkation, which was a certain location in the borders of "Magadan" (Matthew 15:39) It is a mystery to this student of God's word why great scholars find here a "problem to which no really satisfactory solution has been found!"[5] What is the problem? Is it irrational to believe that... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 8:38

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 8:9

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