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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:1-38

SECTION 3. Jesus’ Ministry Throughout Galilee and In The Surrounding Regions (4:35-9:32). After the initial opening up of the story of Jesus with its continual emphasis on His unique authority, Who He was and what He had come to do (Mark 4:1-3), and the series of parables which have indicated how the Kingly Rule of God was to expand (Mark 4:1-34), Mark now indicates how this expansion continued to occur through the ministry of Jesus in Galilee and the surrounding regions. At the same time he... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:14-21

The Conversation in the Boat (8:14-21). But the Pharisees and Herodians are not the only blind ones. As attention now turns to the Apostles they too are seen to be lacking in understanding. They are seen as being disturbed about having little ‘bread’ when what they should have been concerned about was false ideas. They are told by Jesus to beware of being satisfied with ‘the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod’, a leaven or teaching whose futility is evidenced by their seeking of a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:15

‘And he charged them saying, “Take notice. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod ”.’ The situation drew from Jesus one of His enigmatic sayings. As He saw them worrying about shortage of bread He still remembered the Pharisees’ demand for a sign, which had demonstrated their spiritual bankruptcy. He did not want His disciples to be in the same position. Rather than worrying about bread they should be concerned about the false teaching that might deceive them and lead... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 8:14-21

Mark 8:14-Ecclesiastes : . The Blindness of the Disciples Rebuked.— This is a difficult paragraph. Mark 8:15 contains a genuine utterance of Jesus which does not necessarily belong to its present context. Lk. gives it in another connexion ( Luke 12:1) and Wellhausen points out that Mark 8:14 and Mark 8:16 seem artificially separated by Mark 8:15. Again, if Mark 8:1-1 Samuel : is really a doublet of Mark 6:30 f., then the form at least of Mark 8:19 f. is due to the evangelist. But the rebuke... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 8:14-21

We met with this whole history, with some additions, in Matthew 16:5-12; See Poole on "Matthew 16:5", and following verses to Matthew 16:12. It teacheth us both a lesson of human frailty, and what is our Christian duty: of our frailty, in not considering the works of the Lord for us, so as to make any use of them for the time to come. God doth his great works of providence to he had in remembrance, and that not only with respect to himself, that he might be glorified by us upon the remembrance... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 8:13-21

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 8:17. Hardened.—Dulled. See on chaps. Mark 3:5; Mark 6:52.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 8:13-21(PARALLEL: Matthew 16:5-12.)A warning against formality and indifference.—I. What the caution refers to.—1. A formal, hypocritical religion. 2. An indifference about all religion. The rich, the gay, the men of learning and philosophy, are too generally of this description.II. Some reasons for this caution.—1. Because of our proneness to these evils. 2.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 8:12-25

Mark 8:12-25 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case was morally suggestive. It must have been one of the great troubles of His sad and weary life to be continually carrying in His own bosom secrets which He would not divulge. The sigh was an expression of self-restraint. Misery has often relieved herself in speech; but this Man of sorrows had added to His many griefs the woe of often suffering in... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 8:15

leaven See note 4, (See Scofield " :-") Herod See margin ref., (See Scofield " :-") read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 8:1-38

Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8.Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a second miracle of the multiplying of the food in order to supply the needs of the people. It is interesting at the beginning of Christ's ministry, when Satan was tempting Him, he said to Him because He was hungry after the forty day fast, "Why don't You take these stones and make them into bread?"... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 8:1-38

Mark 8:10 . He came into the parts of Dalmanutha, situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12 . There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew 12:38. Mark 8:24 . I see men, as trees, walking. To other blind men the Lord said, receive your sight, and the blind saw. Here he chose to diversify his manner by a gradual restoration of the powers of vision. From the more private and gradual operation of this miracle, we learn that this... read more