Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Mark 11". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gsb/mark-11.html. 1599-1645.
Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on Mark 11". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 1
11:1 And {1} when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
(1) A graphic image of the spiritual kingdom of Christ on earth.
Verse 9
11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; {a} Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
(a) Let it be well to him that comes to us from God, or that is sent from God.
Verse 10
11:10 {b} Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
(b) Happy and prosperous.
Verse 13
11:13 {2} And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
(2) An example of that vengeance which hangs over the heads of hypocrites.
Verse 15
11:15 {3} And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
(3) Christ shows that he is indeed the true King and high Priest, and therefore the one who takes revenge upon those who do not show proper reverence for the holy function of the temple.
Verse 16
11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry [any] {c} vessel through the temple.
(c) That is, any profane instrument (of which those men had many) that made the court of the temple a marketplace.
Verse 17
11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be {d} called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(d) Will openly be considered and taken to be so.
Verse 20
11:20 {4} And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
(4) The power of faith is exceedingly great, and charity is always joined with it.
Verse 22
11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have {e} faith in God.
(e) The faith of God is that assured faith and trust which we have in him.
Verse 24
11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that {f} ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].
(f) Literally, "that you receive it", speaking in the present tense, to show the certainty of the thing, and that it will indeed be performed.
Verse 25
11:25 And when {g} ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
(g) When you will appear before the altar.
Verse 27
11:27 {5} And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
(5) The gospel has been assaulted long since then by those in positions of human authority.
Verse 32
11:32 {6} But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
(6) The reward of their evil conscience is to be afraid of those who should have been afraid of them.