An Exposition of the Gospel of Mark [Hardback]

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What a worthy servant the Son of God was! And the detailed perfections of His lowly service as such are prominently displayed in this Gospel.

Excerpt- Mark gives us the ministry of the Lord. His account is brief; and there are few events which are not recorded by Matthew and Luke. Nevertheless, what a gap there would be in our view of the Savior's life and work here below, if we had not Mark! In none have we a more characteristic manner of presenting what is given us. In none have we such graphic, vivid life-touches of our Master: not only what He said and did, but how He looked and felt. Besides, there is the evident design of drawing our attention to His gospel-service; and all the incidents chosen, and the peculiar mode in which they are handled, will be found to bear upon this weighty and affecting theme: the Lord God as the servant, in lowly, faithful ministration of the gospel here below.

The very opening illustrates this. “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God: as it is written in the prophets, Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying,” &c. We at once enter on the great business the Holy Ghost had in hand. There is no blowing of trumpets to usher in the king in due style and title. This has its just place in Matthew, where the descent traced from Abraham and David, along the chosen royal line of Solomon too, so admirably agree with God's object there. And the circumstances before and after His birth follow, all carrying out the same end of presenting Jesus as the true and blessed Messiah of Israel. Luke and John, it could be readily shown, were endowed by the Spirit with equally striking and suited wisdom for maintaining the aim of their gospels respectively; but space forbids, for the present, our delaying to speak of these things particularly.

Table of Contents

1. Mark 1:1-13, Remarks on

2. Mark 1:14-39, Remarks on

3. Mark 1:40-45, Remarks on

4. Mark 2:1-23, Remarks on

5. Mark 2:23-28, Remarks on

6. Mark 3:1-6, Remarks on

7. Mark 3:7-35, Remarks on

8. Mark 4, Remarks on

9. Mark 5, Remarks on

10. Mark 6:1-29, Remarks on

11. Mark 6:30-56, Remarks on

12. Mark 7:1-13, Remarks on

13. Mark 7:14-37, Remarks on

14. Mark 8:1-21, Remarks on

15. Mark 8:22-38, Remarks on

16. Mark 9:1-13, Remarks on

17. Mark 9:14-50, Remarks on

18. Mark 10:1-16, Remarks on

19. Mark 10:17-31, Remarks on

20. Mark 10:32-45, Remarks on

21. Mark 10:46-52, Remarks on

22. Mark 11:1-14, Remarks on

23. Mark 11:15-33, Remarks on

24. Mark 12:1-17, Remarks on

25. Mark 12:18-44, Remarks on

26. Mark 13, Remarks on

27. Mark 14:1-25, Remarks on

28. Mark 14:26-72, Remarks on

29. Mark 15:1-26, Remarks on

30. Mark 15:27-47, Remarks on

31. Mark 16, Remarks on