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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6

‘And he went round about the villages teaching.’ Jesus’ response to the failure of His neighbourhood to receive His words was to reach out wider and go through the villages teaching the Kingly Rule of God. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-13

The Extension of the Ministry - the Twelve Are Sent Out Empowered by Jesus to Proclaim the Kingly Rule of God (6:6a-13). Now begins the further expansion of the ministry. Jesus sends out His Apostles in order to extend the sphere of His ministry. It is the seed of worldwide evangelisation (compare Acts 1:8). This ministry of the Apostles is emphasised in all Synoptic sources and there is no reason to doubt its genuineness. The specific instructions given to them, so suitable to their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-56

The Wider Ministry begins - the Apostles Are Sent Out - Opposition Continues (6:6a-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark now deals with the widening of His ministry, although again this does not take place without disappointments and opposition as before. Jesus sends His disciples out to preach with great success, although ever in the background is the shadow of Herod Antipas who was responsible for the death of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:7

‘And he called to him the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he gave them authority over unclean spirits.’ Jesus was aware that much needed to be done so, after a time, when He felt they were ready, He commissioned the twelve to go out in twos to teach (gathered from Mark 6:6 a) and to preach that men should repent (Mark 6:12) and that the Kingly Rule of God was now available (Matthew 10:7). And He gave them authority so that they could cast out evil spirits. We note their... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:1-6

Mark 6:1-Joshua : . The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth.— Mk.’ s reason for inserting this incident at this particular point is obscure. It seems to belong to the early period. Jesus is once more in the synagogue as His custom was at the first, and the presence of the disciples is especially mentioned, as if they were not yet habitually in His company. Perhaps Mk. places the incident here as a first sign of waning public interest. The disciples, in the next section, are warned to expect... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-13

Mark 6:6-1 Chronicles : . The Missionary Activity of the Twelve.— Wellhausen is sceptical as to the historic worth of this paragraph, as also of the section on the appointment of the Twelve. But Mk.’ s view, that the disciples were not sent out to evangelize until they had been with Jesus some time ( cf. Mark 3:14), is probable, as is also his view that their evangelistic activities ended when Jesus Himself withdrew from Galilee. He is clearly convinced that this missionary work of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 6:4-6

Experience tells us that familiarity breeds a contempt. Our Saviour (though there was a deeper cause) assigns this the cause why those of Nazareth paid him no greater respect. Unbelief in us bindeth the hands of God. He could there do no mighty works, he could not, not from a defect of power, but the exercise of Divine power is always regulated by wisdom, and in consistency with his wisdom he could do no mighty works there: for the end of our Saviour’s miracles being either to convert... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 6:7-8

Mark had before told us of the election of the twelve, Mark 3:14, which neither Matthew nor Luke mention: here he gives us an account of their mission, which is mentioned by both them also. The instructions which he gave them are much the same with what we meet with in Matthew 10:1-42, and there opened. He would have them, upon their first mission, commit themselves to and find the experience of the Divine providence; and therefore he charges them, 1. To take no money as a reward of their... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 6:1-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 6:1. His own country.—Native place, or town: Nazareth, the home of His youth. Rejected at an earlier stage in His ministry (Luke 4:14-30), He now returns in the character of a Rabbi followed by disciples, and makes one more attempt to gain an attentive and intelligent hearing.Mark 6:3. They were offended.—Scandalised, a graphic word. Christ was to them like a scandal, i.e. a “trap-spring,” or “baited stick in a trap.” Their familiarity with His earthly... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 6:5-6

Mark 6:5-6 The text contains two remarkable instances, in a short space, of the manner in which the feelings and circumstances of men are ascribed to God in the Scriptures. It is said of Him who is Almighty, that He could there do no mighty work; it is said of Him to whom all things were known, that He marvelled because of their unbelief. It is very easy to see that these expressions are mere figures of speech; that Christ did not want the power to do miracles at Nazareth, but that there were... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-56

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:1-6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:6-13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 6:4-6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 6:7-8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 6:1-13

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 6:5-6

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