Mark 10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

  • Mark 10:1 open_in_new

    into. Greek. eis. App-104.

    coasts. confines, or borders.

    by. Greek. dia. App-104.

    farther aide. other side

    people. crowds.

    unto. Greek. pros. App-104.

    taught. began teaching.

  • Mark 10:2 open_in_new

    Pharisees. App-120.

    Is it lawful. ?. If it is lawful.. Putting the condition as. simple hypothesis. App-118.

    a man. a husband. Greek. aner. App-123. Not the same word as in Mark 10:7,

  • Mark 10:4 open_in_new

    suffered. allowed.

    a bill of divorcement. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:1).

    a bill. Greek. biblion (Dim),. little book or scroll. Latin. libeilus, whence one "libel". a written accusation.

  • Mark 10:6 open_in_new

    from the beginning of the creation. Therefore there could have been no creation of "man" before Adam. See note on John 8:44.

    God made them. Therefore no evolution. See Genesis 1:27.

    God, &c. App-98.

  • Mark 10:8 open_in_new

    twain. two, Anglo-Saxon twegen (= twain) is masculine, trd is feminine, and twa, or tu, is neut. So that "twain "is better, as the masculine takes precedence of feminine.

    one. for, or unto. Greek. eis. App-104. Not "become one" (as Revised Version)

    but. shall be, or stand for one flesh.

    no more. no longer. Greek. ouketi. Compound of ou. App-105.

  • Mark 10:9 open_in_new

    What, &c. Regarding the two as one. The con verse is true: what God hath divided, lot not man join together. Note the bearing of this on 2 Timothy 2:15. not. Greek. me App-105.

  • Mark 10:12 open_in_new

    if. woman, &c. Condition being problematical, because not according to Jewish law; it was Greek and Roman law. See App-118.

  • Mark 10:13 open_in_new

    brought. were carrying. Impart tense i.e. as He went on His way.

    children. Greek. paidia. App-108.

    rebuked. were reprimanding, Imperf. tense: i.e. as they were successively brought.

  • Mark 10:17 open_in_new

    running. running up.. Divine supplement, here.

    kneeled. kneeling down.. Divine supplement, here.

    Master. Teacher. App-98.

    what shall. do. Ever the question of the natural man, from Genesis 4:3 onward,

    eternal. App-151.

    life. Greek. zoe. App-170.

  • Mark 10:18 open_in_new

    - Why callest, &c. Note the Figure of speech Anteisagoge, App-6.

    none. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "no man". Compound of App-105.

  • Mark 10:20 open_in_new

    all these. Not so. The command which follows convicts him of. breach of the tenth.

    observed. been on my guard against.

    from. Greek. ek. App-104.

  • Mark 10:21 open_in_new

    beholding. looking upon, as in Mark 10:21. Greek. emblepo. App-133.

    loved. Greek. agapao. App-135.

    sell, &c. This was the tenth commandment. This command was suitable for the period prior to the rejection of the kingdom (see Mark 10:23), for the King Him- self was present, and what could any of His subjects lack? Compare Psalms 145:13-16.

    heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.

    take up the cross. [L]. Tr. WH. omit these words.

  • Mark 10:23 open_in_new

    hardly. difficultly. Because of their own reluc tance to part with riches: not from denial of God's mercy.

  • Mark 10:24 open_in_new

    Children. Greek. Plural of teknon. App-108.

    how hard, &c.. how difficult: or, how hard [a struggle] it is, &c.

    trust in. rely upon. Referring to feeling rather than to faith.

    in. upon. Greek. epi. App-104.

  • Mark 10:29 open_in_new

    left. Greek. aphiemi. to leave behind, let go, disregard. Not the same word as in Mark 10:7. or. Figure of speech Paradiastora. App-6, particularising each.

  • Mark 10:30 open_in_new

    time. season.

    houses, &c. These details are. Divine supplement, here.

    and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6

    with. in association

    with (Greek. neeta. App-104.)

    with persecutions. Note this Divine supplement, here.

    the world to come. the coming age (Greek. aion). See App-129 and App-151.

  • Mark 10:32 open_in_new

    to. unto. Greek. eis. App-104.

    went. was going on.

    were amazed. This sudden awe is. Divine supplement, here.

    took. took aside.

    again. This was the third announcement of His sufferings. For the others See Mark 8:31; Mark 9:31, and Mark 10:45.

  • Mark 10:33 open_in_new

    Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis.

    go up. are going up.

    and. Figure of speech Potysyndeton. App-8.

    the Son of man. See App-98.

    condemn. On. katakrino. App-122.

  • Mark 10:34 open_in_new

    And. Figure of speech Polyeyndeton, continued.

    mock Him. This is. Divine supplement, here.

    the third day. See App-144, App-148, and App-156.

  • Mark 10:37 open_in_new

    sit. sit (in state).

    on. at. Greek. ek. App-104.

    Thy glory. Wondrous faith, coming immediately after the third announcement of His sufferings and resurrection. It was not. "Jewish notion" that the kingdom which had been proclaimed was. grand reality. It was. revealed truth.

  • Mark 10:45 open_in_new

    to be ministered unto. to be served. Greek. diakonizo.

    and to give. This is the fourth announcement of His sufferings. See the Structure. p. 1402.

    life. soul. See App-110.

    for. instead of. Greek. anti. App-104,

  • Mark 10:46 open_in_new

    Jericho. This is the second mention in N.T. Compare Matthew 20:20, the first. Over 100,000 inhabitants (according to Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, 368-403. Works vol. i. 702).

    as He went out. as He was going out.

    The three. ases of healing here were: (1) as He drew near (Luke 18:35); (2) "as He was going out"; and (3) after He had left "two" (not beggars) who sat by the wayside. See App-152.

    of. from. Greek. apo. App-104.

    blind. The wonder is, not that there were four, but that there were only four. Blindness and eye-diseasesare very common in the East; said to be one in five.

    Bartimmus. Aramaic for "son of Timnus", as explained. See App-94.

    sat. was sitting.

    by. beside. Greek. para. App-104.

  • Mark 10:49 open_in_new

    stood still. stopped. commanded him, &o. Note the differences with the other cases. See App-162.

    comfort. courage.