Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:14
And king Herod heard? - Την ακοην αοτου , his fame, is added by KM, fifteen others, and in the margin of several. It seems necessary to complete the sense. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:15
Or, as one of the prophets - η , or, is omitted by ABCEGHKLMS - BHV, and one hundred others, Syriac, all the Arabic, all the Persic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Gothic, Slavonic, Vulgate, two Itala, Origen, Victor, and Theophylact. Bengel, Wetstein, and Griesbach leave it out of the text: the omission of it mends the sense much. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:19
Would have killed - Εζητει , Sought to kill him. C and five of the Itala. See the whole of this account, from Mark 6:17-29 , explained on Matthew 14:2-12 ; (note). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:21
Lords - Μεγιστασιν , probably governors of particular districts. High captains - Χιλιαρχοις ; literally, chiefs or captains over a thousand men, military chiefs. Chief estates - Πρωτοις ; probably such as might be called nobles by title only, having no office civil or military; probably magistrates. See Kypke an the place. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:23
Unto the half of my kingdom - A noble price for a dance! This extravagance in favor of female dancers has the fullest scope in the east, even to the present day. M. Anquetil du Perron, in the preliminary discourse to his Zend Avesta, p. 344 and 345, gives a particular account of the dancers at Surat. This account cannot be transcribed in a comment on the Gospel of God, however illustrative it might be of the conduct of Herodias and her daughter Salome: it is too abominable for a place here.... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:26
For their sakes which sat with him - Probably these persons joined in with the request, and were glad of this opportunity to get this light of Israel extinguished; he being a public reprover of all their vices. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:30
The apostles gathered themselves together - For they went different ways before, by two and two, Mark 6:7 ; and now they return and meet Christ at Capernaum. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:31
Rest a while - Rest is necessary for those who labor; and a zealous preacher of the Gospel will as often stand in need of it as a galley slave. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:33
The people - Or, οχλοι , the multitudes. This is wanting in many MSS., but it seems necessary to make the sense clear. There is scarcely a verse in the whole New Testament that has suffered so much from transcribers as this verse. Amidst the abundance of various readings, one can scarcely tell what its original state was. The various readings may be seen in Griesbach. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:13
Anointed with oil many that were sick - This is only spoken of here, and in James 5:14 . This ceremony was in great use among the Jews; and in certain cases it might be profitable. But in the cases mentioned here, which were merely miraculous, it could avail no more of itself than the imposition of hands. It was used symbolically, as an emblem of that ease, comfort, and joy, which they prayed God to impart to the sick. For various examples of its use among the Jews, see Lightfoot and... read more