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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 3:27

Mark 3:27 The world, or, to reduce the subject to what is equally true, and perhaps more practical, every one's own heart, is we have the authority of Christ to say it "a house" or a palace, which Satan, as a strong man, holds and keeps. So long as the strong man holds his palace on an undisputed tenure, it is all quiet; his goods are in peace. But when Christ, who is represented as the stronger One, comes, there is warfare warfare to the death; and thus warfare in the breast is the first, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 3:1-35

Chapter 3And he entered again into the synagogue( Mark 3:1 );This was on the Sabbath day.and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 3:1-35

Mark 3:13 . He calleth to him whom he would. He knew them as he knew Nathaniel; he knew their piety, he knew their worth. They followed him at first as hearers, having no thoughts of the glory that would follow. Therefore, like the ancient scripture characters, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, and the later prophets, they had no hand in their call and elevation. The Lord drew his workmen from the treasures of his providence. “He counted me faithful,” says Paul, “putting me into the ministry.”... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 3:13-21

Mark 3:13-21And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him.This was the third stage in the preparation of the disciples for the apostolateA certain number had been admitted at the beginning to terms of intimacy and friendship with Jesus. Then they had left their secular calling for a time to attend upon Him. And now the final step must be taken, and a selection made of such as would give themselves wholly to the work, and go no more back to the world. The twelve apostles are divided by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 3:21

Mark 3:21He Is beside Himself.The sinner mad, not the saintI find St. Paul in the same chapter confesses and denies madness in himself. Whilst he was mad indeed, then none did suspect or accuse him to be distracted; but when converted, and in his right mind, then Festus taxeth him of madness. (See Acts 26:11.) (Thomas Fuller, D. D.)Mad because exceptional. There is a country in Africa wherein all the natives have pendulous lips, hanging down like a dog’s ears, always raw and sore. Here only... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 3:22-26

Mark 3:22-26And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub.Scribes-a literal knowledge of Scripture vainThese men were learned in the law of Moses, having great knowledge and skill in the letter of it; and yet they were wicked men, and blasphemers of Christ. How vain a thing it is, then, for any to glory in their literal knowledge of the Scriptures, as if this alone could make them good Christians. The Jews boasted of this-that they knew the will of God, and were... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 3:27

Mark 3:27No man can enter into a strong man’s house and spoil his goods.The devil’s strengthChrist is showing that He casts out demons by a greater power than Satan’s, viz., by the power of His own Godhead. This He illustrates by a comparison taken from one who forcibly enters the house of a strong man, and makes spoil of it by violent seizure of the goods and weapons that he had in his house. Such an one must be stronger than the strong man, else he cannot do it. Even so (says the Saviour)... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 3:20

20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. Ver. 20. They could not so much as eat bread ] For when he was in the house to repose and refresh himself, they brought unto him a possessed person. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 3:21

21 And when his friends heard of it , they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. Ver. 21. They went out to lay hold on him ] Some read, to lay hold on the multitude, as mad, because so eager and earnest, that they left not our Lord liberty for his necessary repose and repast. But if it be meant of Christ, his mother also may seem to have been in the common error,Mark 3:31; Mark 3:31 . She was not then without original sin (as the Franciscans would have it, and do... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 3:22

22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. Ver. 22. By the prince of devils, &c. ] A devilish blasphemy, occasioned perhaps by the former calumny of his kinsmen. What advantages make our adversaries of our smaller differences! Every subdivision is a strong weapon in the hand of the contrary party. read more

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