Mark 9:33-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 9:30-40

Here, I. Christ foretels his own approaching sufferings. He passed through Galilee with more expedition than usual, and would not that any man should know of it (Mark 9:30); because he had done many mighty and good works among them in vain, they shall not be invited to see them and have the benefit of them, as they have been. The time of his sufferings drew nigh, and therefore he was willing to be private awhile, and to converse only with his disciples, to prepare them for the approaching... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 9:32-35

9:32-35 So they came to Capernaum. When Jesus was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" They remained silent. for on the road they had been arguing with each other who was to be greatest. So Jesus sat down, and called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he must be the last of all, and the servant of all." Nothing so well shows how far the disciples were from realizing the real meaning of Jesus' Messiahship as this does. Repeatedly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:33

And he came to Capernaum ,.... Where he met with the collectors of the tribute money, and paid it to them, as related by Matthew, Matthew 17:24 , though Mark takes no notice of it. The Vulgate Latin and the Syriac versions, read in the plural number, "they came"; Christ and his twelve apostles; and which is the sense of the words, read in the singular number; for Christ came not alone, but with his disciples: and being in the house ; of Simon and Andrew, very likely where he used to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:34

But they held their peace ,.... Fearing a reprimand, for their vanity and affectation of worldly grandeur: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest ; that is, who should be advanced to the highest post, and have the greatest place of authority, honour, and dignity, in the temporal kingdom of the Messiah, they expected would be in a little time set up; for notwithstanding what Christ had said to them, concerning his being given up to the power of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:35

And he sat down ,.... As their master, as one having authority; and in order to examine into this matter, and pass judgment upon it: and called the twelve ; all the disciples, who though they might not be all engaged in this dispute, nor equally criminal, yet were all, possessed of the same notion; and therefore Christ calls them all unto him, what he had to say, being pertinent unto them all: and saith unto them, if any man desire to be first ; to have the pre-eminence, and be in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33

And being in the house - That is, Peter's house, where he ordinarily lodged. This has been often observed before. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:34

Who should be the greatest - See on Matthew 18:1-5 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33

Parallel passage: Matthew 17:24-27 . The tribute money. I. ANOTHER OMISSION . In the first line of the thirty-third verse we approach the subject of the tribute money; but in St. Mark's narrative we only approach it, and that in the state-merit, "he came to Capernaum;" but in the parallel section of St. Matthew we read of the demand for the tribute money, of Peter being commissioned to procure it from "the fish that first cometh up," of the exemption Jesus might have claimed but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33-34

They have now reached Capernaum. And when he was in the house —the house, that is, which he frequented when staying in Capernaum— he asked them, What were ye reasoning in the way? The words "among yourselves," of the Authorized Version, are not found in the best authorities. St. Matthew ( Matthew 18:1 ) does not record this question of our Lord, which brings to light the fact that they had been disputing by the way which of them should be the greatest. The Greek is ( τίς μείζων ) ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33-37

True greatness. Our Lord's ministry was not only to the people generally, but to his own disciples and friends; and even to these he had occasion sometimes to address language, not only of instruction, but of rebuke and expostulation. On the occasion here referred to, a serious fault was displayed among the chosen circle, which called for the Lord's interference and reprimand. At the same time the great Teacher pointed out to the erring a more excellent way. Ambition was the fault, and its... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 9:30-40

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 9:32-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:33-37

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