Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 6:1-6
Here, I. Christ makes a visit to his own country, the place not of his birth, but of his education; that was Nazareth; where his relations were. He had been in danger of his life among them (Luke 4:29), and yet he came among them again; so strangely doth he wait to be gracious, and seek the salvation of his enemies. Whither he went, though it was into danger, his disciples followed him (Mark 6:1); for they had left all, to follow him whithersoever he went. II. There he preached in their... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 6
A great variety of observable passages we have, in this chapter, concerning our Lord Jesus, the substance of all which we had before in Matthew, but divers circumstances we have, which we did not there meet with. Here is, I. Christ contemned by his countrymen, because he was one of them, and they knew, or thought they knew, his original, Mark 6:1-6. II. The just power he gave his apostles over unclean spirits, and an account given of their negotiation, Mark 6:7-13. III. A strange notion which... read more