Mark 2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:20

But the days will come ,.... As they were in some sense now come to the disciples of John, their master being taken up by Herod, and confined in prison, and so it was a mourning time with them: when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days : referring to the time of the sufferings and death of Christ, which would be, and was a sorrowful season to his disciples. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:21

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth , The traditions of the elders are meant, particularly concerning eating and drinking, and fasting, things before spoken of; and which occasioned this parable, and which were new things in comparison of the commands of God: some of them were of very short standing, devised in, that age; and most, if not all of them, were since the times of Ezra. On an old garment ; the moral and ceremonial righteousness of the Jews, in obedience to the law of God;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:22

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ,.... By "old bottles" are meant, the Scribes and Pharisees, the whole, which needed not a physician, and the righteous, Christ came not to call; and by new wine, either the love of God, which is not shed abroad in the hearts of such persons; or the blessings of the new covenant, which are not bestowed upon them; or the Gospel, which brings an account of both, which is not received by carnal men: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23

And it came to pass ,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "again"; and so Beza says it was read in one of his copies: that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn , and to rub them, and get the grain out of them, and eat them; See Gill on Matthew 12:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said unto him ,.... To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, Luke 6:2 . Behold, why do they on the sabbath day, that which is not lawful ? see how they pluck the ears of corn and rub them, and eat things, which by the law, especially by the traditions of the elders, were not lawful to be done on the sabbath day; See Gill on Matthew 12:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:25

And he said unto them ,.... By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them: have ye never read what David did ; referring to the history in 1 Samuel 21:1 . when he had need : of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress: and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him ? which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:26

How he went into the house of God ,.... The tabernacle; for the temple was not yet built: thither David went to get bread for himself and his men, being hungry: so in a spiritual sense, where should such go, who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness, but into the house of God? Here is bread enough, and to spare; here is a table furnished with excellent provisions; here the Gospel is dispensed, which is milk for babes, and meat for strong men; here Christ, the bread of life, is set... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:27

And he said unto them ,.... Continuing his answer to them, and adding, in confirmation of what he had said, and for the further vindication of his disciples, the sabbath was made for man ; for his good, and not for his hurt; both for the good of his soul, that he might have an opportunity of attending divine worship, both in public and private; and for the good of his body, that he might have rest from his labour; and this was the end of the original institution and appointment of it;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:28

Therefore the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Meaning himself, who had a power not only to dispense with it, but to abrogate it as he did, with the rest of the rituals of the ceremonial law; See Gill on Matthew 12:8 . So that it did not become them to find fault with what his disciples did, with his leave and approbation. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2

Christ preaches in Capernaum, Mark 2:1 , Mark 2:2 . A paralytic person is brought to him, whose sins are pronounced forgiven, Mark 2:3-5 . The scribes accuse him of blasphemy, Mark 2:6 , Mark 2:7 . He vindicates himself, and proves his power to forgive sins, by healing the man's disease, Mark 2:8-11 . The people are astonished and edified, Mark 2:12 . He calls Levi from the receipt of custom, Mark 2:13 , Mark 2:14 . Eats in his house with publicans and sinners, at which the... read more

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