Category: The Gospel of Mark

  • Mark, Chapter Sixteen, Christ Serving Still,

    The Resurrection (Mark 16:1-8) The last sabbath of the law that God ever recognized had drawn to a close. During that old covenant rest day no one on earth knew whether redemption had been accomplished or not. The Jews observed the rest although their hands were red with the blood…

  • Mark, Chapter Fifteen, The Supreme Sacrifice Part Two,

    Pilate’s Court (Mark 15:1-15) We come now to the great crisis that had been in the mind of our Lord from the beginning of His sojourn here on earth. This crisis had in fact brought Him from the glory that was His with the Father before all worlds began, into…

  • Mark, Chapter Fourteen, The Supreme Sacrifice Part One

    Mary’s Devotion (Mark 14:1-9) Events now moved on rapidly to the consummation, when our blessed Lord was to die on the cross as the great sin-offering. In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus is seen as the trespass offering, restoring that which He took not away (Psalm 69:4). In Mark’s account…

  • Mark, Chapter Thirteen, Revelations Of The Future

    Introduction Mark 13 should be read and studied carefully in connection with Matthew 24 and Luke 21. All three chapters give us a report of our Lord’s Olivet discourse, in which He traced prophetically the conditions that were to prevail in Palestine and among the Gentile nations after His rejection and resurrection.…

  • Mark, Chapter Twelve, Lessons Of The Servant

    Parable of the Vineyard (Mark 12:1-12) This parable portrayed in a very vivid and graphic manner God’s ways with Israel and their response and ingratitude throughout the past centuries. In the rejection and death of the heir we see the consummation of our Lord’s ministry, to be followed by His…

  • Mark, Chapter Eleven, The Servant In Jerusalem

    The Triumphal Entry (Mark 11:1-11) It is interesting and profitable to observe how the various outstanding events in our Lord’s life were exactly predicted by prophets—divinely inspired men of God (2 Peter 1:21)—who lived hundreds of years before their words began to be fulfilled. Zechariah was one of the postexilic…

  • Mark, Chapter Ten, The Path Of Discipleship Part Two

    Jesus Answers Question on Divorce (Mark 10:1-12) Passing down through Perea on the east of the Jordan, Jesus and His disciples came to the ford of Bethabara and crossed over into Judea. They were on the way to Jerusalem, where Christ was to fulfill His mission by dying as the…

  • Mark, Chapter Nine, The Path Of Discipleship Part One

    The Transfiguration (Mark 9:1-8) In Mark 9:1-8 we have a fore view of the glory to be revealed at the second coming of the Lord Jesus. The first verse contains what must have been to the disciples a very startling declaration. Jesus said that among those standing with Him were some who…

  • Mark, Chapter Eight, Intimations Of The Coming Glory

    Jesus Feeds the Multitude Again (Mark 8:1-9) The circumstances surrounding this miracle were similar to the occasion of some months before; yet it is evident that the disciples had forgotten—as we often do—the remarkable manifestation of divine power that they had seen at that time. The heart of Jesus Christ…

  • Mark, Chapter Seven, Tradition Versus Revelation

    Jesus Condemns the Traditions of the Pharisees (Mark 7:1-13) To the spiritual mind it is a question of unceasing wonder that men should be so ready to follow and even fearlessly contend for the authority of human traditions, while they are just as ready to ignore the plain teachings of…

  • Mark, Chapter Six, Opposition Develops

    The Prophet Without Honor (Mark 6:1-6) The mighty works of Jesus had made a distinct impression on the mass of the people who heard Him with eagerness. But few of the more cultured and outwardly religious classes were prepared to acknowledge Him as the promised Servant of Jehovah who was…

  • Mark, Chapter Four, Parables Of The Divine Servant

    Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20) As previously observed, the Gospel of Mark does not follow a direct chronological order in relating the works and teaching of our Lord. This portion, which corresponds to Matthew 13, gives us an account of parabolic instruction delivered by the sea of Galilee in…

  • Mark, Chapter Three, The Work Of The Divine Servant Part Two

    Jesus Heals on the Sabbath (Mark 3:1-6) Again we find the Lord in conflict with the Pharisees as to the sabbath question. His declaration that the sabbath was God’s gracious provision for man’s comfort—never intended to add to man’s burdens but rather to relieve them—had made no impression on these…

  • Mark, Chapter Two, The Work Of The Divine Servant Part One

    Healing of the Palsied Man (Mark 2:1-12) The Lord’s early Galilean ministry was still in progress, the events of Mark 2 following closely upon those of Mark 1. Capernaum was the center from which Jesus worked out to other parts of Galilee in the early summer or late spring of A.D.…

  • Mark, Chapter One, The Servant Begins His Ministry

    John Prepares the Crowds (Mark 1:1-13) Mark began his record very abruptly as he introduced the Servant of Jehovah, and then told us in a very few words of His forerunner and of His baptism and temptation. “The gospel of Jesus Christ” is God’s good news concerning His blessed Son…

  • Mark, Introductory Notes by Arno C. Gaebelein

    By H A Ironside © 1994 by Loizeaux Brothers, Inc.Baltimore, Maryland First Edition, 1948 Revised Edition, 1994 Unless otherwise indicated,Scripture quotations are taken from the King James version of the Bible. Introductory Notes taken fromGaebelein’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible© 1970, 1985 by Loizeaux Brothers, Inc. Introductory Notesby Arno C. Gaebelein…