Mark 2:18-22 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast, the Pharisees fasted twice in the week (Luke 18:12), and probably the disciples of John did so too; and, it should seem, this... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:18-20

2:18-20 The disciples of John were in the habit of fasting, as were the Pharisees. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while your disciples do not?" "Surely," Jesus said to them, "his closest friends cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? So long as they have the bridegroom they do not fast. But the days will come when some day the bridegroom will be taken away from them--and then, in that day, they will fast." ... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

2:21-22 No one sews a patch of new cloth on to an old garment. If he does the bit that was meant to fill in the hole tears it apart--the new from the old--and the tear is made worse. No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will be lost as well as the wineskins. New skins for new wine! Jesus knew quite well that he was coming with a message which was startlingly new; and he also knew that his way of life was shatteringly different... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast ,.... Or "were fasting"; perhaps that very day, and so were the more displeased at this entertainment, Matthew had made for Christ and his disciples, and at their being at it; or fasting was usual with them: they fasted often, both John's disciples, and the disciples of the Pharisees, or the Pharisees themselves; so the Vulgate Latin reads: of their frequent fasting; see Gill on Matthew 9:14 , and they came : both the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:19

And Jesus said unto them ,.... Both to John's disciples and the Pharisees, can the children of the bride chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? Suggesting that he was the bridegroom, as John their master had called him, John 3:29 , and that his disciples were the children of the bride chamber; and that it was very unsuitable for them, and very unreasonable to desire them to fast at such a time, and under such a character: wherefore the answer returned by Christ himself to... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:18

Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast - See this largely explained on Matthew 9:14 ; (note), etc. The following vices are very common to Pharisees. They are more busied in censuring the conduct of others than in rectifying their own. They desire that every one should regulate his piety by theirs; and embrace their particular customs and forms of devotion. They speak of and compare themselves with other people, only that they may have an opportunity of distinguishing... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:19

Can the children of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? - Among the Hindoos, large parties of friends, belonging both to the bride and bridegroom, attend on both during the wedding day; on the following day, when the bridegroom leaves the house of his father-in-law, the attendants are filled with sorrow, especially the near relations. - Ward's Customs. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:18-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:19

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:19

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