Mark 1:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. ”

• Mark 1:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See also Luke 4:31-37 . Mark 1:21 And they went into Capernaum - For the situation of Capernaum see the notes at Matthew 4:13 . Straightway - Immediately. On the following Sabbath....

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• Mark 1:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they went into (k) Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. (k) From the city of Nazareth.

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• Mark 1:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A Specimen Day in Capernaum. With His first followers, Jesus went to Capernaum (p. 29), a border town in the kingdom of Antipas, on the high road from Ptolemais to Damascus (HNT, ad loc.; Matthe...

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• Mark 1:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Capernaum. See App-169. taught . began teaching.

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• Mark 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. Capernaum - See Matthew 4:13 . He entered into the synagogue - Their synagogues - εν ταις...

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• Mark 1:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  On the sabbath day— In the Greek it is plural, τοις σαββασιν, and, when compared with the parallel place in St. Luke, shews that it was the custom of Jesus to frequent these places of worship on th...

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• Mark 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they went into Capernaum (see the note at Matthew 4:13 ) and straightway on t...

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• Mark 1:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Baptism of Jesus. Beginning of the Ministry 1-8. Appearance of John the Baptist ( Matthew 3:1 ; Luke 3:1 ). See on Mt and Lk. St. Mark's Gospel, being based on the reminiscences of Peter, begins...

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• Mark 1:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And they went into Capernaum. — Here St. Mark’s narrative ceases to run parallel with that of St. Matthew, and agrees almost verbally with Luke 4:31-37 . Straightway. — The frequent recurrence...

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• Mark 1:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 1:21, 22 ( Mark 1:21-22 ) TEACHING WITH AUTHORITY "And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day He entered into the synagogue and taught. And they were astonished at His...

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• Mark 1:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Helper of the Needy Mark 1:21-39 The word straightway is typical of our Lord's life. It occurs at least eleven times in this chapter (r.v.), and is the keynote of Mark's Gospel, which is...

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• Mark 1:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The introductory words of this Gospel according to Mark are characterized by brevity. Mark at once announces his theme, "The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God," and then in rapi...

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• Mark 1:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (14) Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. (15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,...

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• Mark 1:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE VOICE OF AUTHORITY ‘And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day He entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at His doctrine: for He taught them as...

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• Mark 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they went into Capernaum ,.... Jesus and his four disciples he had just called, Simon and Andrew, James and John; though the Arabic and Persic versions read, "he went"; that is, Christ; and so B...

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• Mark 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. Ver. 21. He entered into the synagogue, and taught ] This is noted as remarkable in St...

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• Mark 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And they went into Capernaum When our Lord had thus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John, they all left the side of the lake, and entered with him into the city of Capernaum. And straightway on t...

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• Mark 1:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  This beginning is not that of John 1:1 , which speaks of the Lord's eternal existence "with God," and as being God; nor is it that of creation ( Genesis 1:1 ), but of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the...

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• Mark 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Opening of Christ's Ministry.       14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the ki...

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• Mark 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 21,22. We heard before that the synagogues were much of the nature of our parish churches, places where people ordinarily met together on the sabbath days, to worship God by prayer, and reading...

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• Mark 1:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  SECTION 1. The Establishment of His Ministry (1:1-3:35). This section commences with Jesus' emergence from the wilderness as the Spirit anointed King and Servant ( Isaiah 11:1-4 ; Isaiah 42:1-4 ;...

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• Mark 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 1:21 . Capernaum was at that time a flourishing commercial town on north-western shore of lake. A customs station, with military quarters. Its synagogue was t...

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• Mark 1:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 1 The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother. Pain, sickness, delirium, madness, as great infringements of the laws of nature as the miracles themselves, are such veritable presences to the human exp...

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• Mark 1:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Mark 1:14 . Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, When one servant of God is laid aside, it is a call to the rest to be the...

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• Mark 1:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 1:1 . The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. This commencement is laconic, beautiful, and perspicuous. Several Greek authors begin their books in this independent way. I...

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• Mark 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And they went into Capernaum. Capernaum The Teacher of humility begins His mission at a town where pride chiefly reigned. Preference is due from ministers to the greatest need, not to the great...

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• Mark 1:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ . These words mean, not the title of the book, but the commencement of the narrative; and so they depend upon what follows,...

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• Mark 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath-day He entered into the synagogue and taught.

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• Mark 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 13:14 ; Acts 17:2 ; Acts 18:4 ; Luke 10:15 ; Luke 13:10 ; Luke 4:16 ; Luke 4:31 ; Mark 1:39 ; Mark 6:2 ; Mark 2:1 ; Matthew 4:13 ; Matthew 4:23

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• Mark 1:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Luke 4:31 .

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