Mark 6:1

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 6:1-6

6:1-6 Jesus left there and came into his own native place, and his disciples went with him. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. Many, as they listened, were amazed. "Where," they said, "did this man get this knowledge? What wisdom is this that has been given to him? And how can such wonderful things keep happening through his hands? Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? Are his sisters not here with us?" And they took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:1

And he went out from thence ,.... From Capernaum; and came into his own country ; or "city", as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, the city of Nazareth; so called because it was the place where Christ was conceived, and where he was educated; for which he had a regard, and was willing it should partake of the benefit of his doctrine and miracles: and his disciples follow him ; as they did wherever he went; and which is a true characteristic of a disciple of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:1

And he went out from thence - That is, from Capernaum. See on Matthew 13:54 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1

Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came into his own country , the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfolk after the flesh still lived. Nazareth would be about a day's journey from Capernaum. This was not the first public exercise of his ministry at Nazareth. Of that and its results St. Luke gives us the account ( Luke 4:16 ). It would seem reasonable to suppose that, after the fame which he had now acquired,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Unbelief. Our Lord may have had two reasons for leaving Capernaum and for visiting Nazareth. One, a personal reason—to see his mother and his sisters, who seem to have been married there. The other, a ministerial reason—to escape from the busy throngs who resorted to him by the lake, and to take a new center for evangelistic labours on the part of himself and his disciples. It is singular and instructive that Nazareth should have perhaps twice furnished a striking instance of human... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Jesus visiting his own country. By going thither— I. HE GRATIFIED A HUMAN YEARNING . In a previous chapter he is reported to have asked, "Who is my mother and my brethren?" He now shows that those broad human relations he had claimed did not imply the neglect of nearer ones, or indifference to them. He sought to benefit his own people in the highest way, oven whilst he would not suffer the narrow claims of his home to interfere with the wider claims of his kingdom. Have we so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

The carpenter; or, the dignity of honest labour " In his own country," "in the synagogue" where he had learned in his youth, he now "began to teach." There were "many" who knew him, who had seen him pass in and out amongst them, talking to them, perhaps like, yet unlike, the other growing youths and the young men working for them, an artisan—one of many. These "hearing him were astonished;" and though "the wisdom," of his teaching they could not deny, nor the "mighty works" wrought by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Christ at home. I. THE WONDROUS IN EVERY - DAY LIFE . When they heard him in the synagogue they were "much struck," Mark says. Where did all this wisdom come from? So does the parent wonder at the sayings of the child. "Where did he get such thoughts?" The boy goes from the village, and soon comes back to astonish the gossip, with his broad views of life and his easy and confident manners. Experience is full of these surprises. Nothing is more astonishing now than the empire... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:1-6

Parallel passage: Matthew 13:54-58 .— The refection at Nazareth. I. Our LORD 'S VISIT TO NAZARETH . This chapter commences with our Lord's removal from the house of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, where he had performed the miracle recorded at the close of the last chapter; or rather from Capernaum, where the synagogue appears to have been situated. In either case he proceeded to visit his fatherland—not in the wide sense of that term, but in the narrower meaning of the... read more

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