Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:1
In the house - The house of Peter, with whom Christ lodged when at Capernaum. See the notes on Matthew 4:13 ; Matthew 8:13 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:2
So much as about the door - Meaning the yard or court before the house. Preached The Word - Τον λογον . The doctrine of the kingdom of God; for so ὁ λογος is repeatedly used. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:3
One sick of the palsy - A paralytic person. See on Matthew 9:2 ; (note), etc. Borne of four - Four men, one at each corner of the sofa or couch on which he lay: this sick man appears to have been too feeble to come himself, and too weak to be carried in any other way. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:4
They uncovered the roof - The houses in the east are generally made flat-roofed, that the inhabitants may have the benefit of taking the air on them; they are also furnished with battlements round about, Deuteronomy 22:8 ; Judges 16:27 ; and 2 Samuel 11:2 , to prevent persons from falling off; and have a trap door by which they descend into the house. This door, it appears, was too narrow to let down the sick man and his couch; so they uncovered the roof, removed a part of the tiles;... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:7
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? - See this explained Matthew 9:3 ; (note), etc. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:12
He - took up the bed - The words of Prosper, on this place, are worthy of notice: - "What is sin but a deplorable fall, a grovelling on the earth, a repose in the creature, often followed by a universal palsy of the soul; namely, an utter inability to help itself, to break off its evil habits, to walk in the ways of God, to rise or to take one good step towards him? Grace can repair all in a moment: because it is nothing but the almighty will of God, who commands and does whatever he... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:14
Levi - The same as Matthew; he appears to have been a Jew, though employed in the odious office of a tax-gatherer. For an account of his call, see his Gospel, Matthew 9:9 , etc. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:16
Sinners - By ἁμαρτωλοι , the Gentiles or heathens are generally to be understood in the Gospels, for this was a term the Jews never applied to any of themselves, See the note on Matthew 9:10 . How is it that he eateth - Some very good MSS., several versions, with Chrysostom and Augustin, read, Why doth Your Master eat? read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:17
To repentance - This is omitted by ABDKL, twenty-seven others; both the Syriac, Persic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, Vulgate; six copies of the Itala; Euthymius and Augustin. Griesbach has left it out of the text; Grotius, Mill, and Bengel approve of the omission. See on Matthew 9:13 ; (note). I leave it as in the parallel place above quoted. Properly speaking, the righteous cannot be called to repentance. They have already forsaken sin, mourned for it, and turned to God. In the... read more
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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