Mark 10:52 - And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
The word whole is the word for salvation, SOUDSO.
Mark 11:22 - And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
So, Jesus responded and he said (According to our English Bible), Have faith in God.
Literally in the Greek text, it reads "have the faith of God." Big difference! And the word "have" is a command. Have the faith of God! Faith is a gift from God, not of man. So, when we call out for mercy, we also call out, "Lord, I believe but help my unbelief." Lord have mercy on me, I don't deserve it, but if You don't have mercy on me I'm lost. Jesus says, have the faith of God.
Mark 12:1 - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
The word husbandmen is the Greek word for farmers. That was pretty customary to see in Jerusalem, where you fix up a vineyard and then rent it out to some farmers because you're leaving the country. And what the pay would be is that when the harvest comes, you would get a certain percentage of the crops. That is a pretty good deal!
Mark 12:14 - And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
The question is, is it lawful to give tribute, (that means tax) to Caesar, or not? They want to know if it is lawful. To the English-speaking mind, to give tribute to someone might mean to pay respect to or speak well of them.
Mark 14:62 - And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Interesting how these verbs work in Greek. It is either transitive or non-transitive. This is a non-transitive verb; it is just I am. That is all He said. That is His name, the name of God in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus.
Mark 14:63 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
First, I realize you already know this, but the word "rent" is the word tore. The high priest rent, or tore his clothes, which by the way is illegal for him to do, which is very interesting. In Leviticus 21:10, it tells us that the priest cannot tear clothes. But he did. And he says, what need we any further witnesses? So, he says throw that rule out too. We will just make up our own. We have heard him. And they all condemned Jesus to be guilty of death.
This is all I have to share on Mark. I am working my way through Luke and hope to be posting on it soon.
Mark 14:36 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Abba is Aramaic for father, a very intimate word.
Mark 14:43 - And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
The word for "sword" means the small hand sword that the Roman soldiers would use in hand-to-hand combat. This word "staves" in the Greek are literally wooden clubs. The wooden clubs are the ones the temple police would use. They are coming out with swords and wooden clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark 14:45 - And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
In the Greek text, this word for kiss has a little preposition, KATA, added to it. It means he kissed him fervently and affectionately. He didn't just come up and put a little kiss on Jesus' cheek. But he grabs Him and says master. He is giving him a very affectionate kiss.
Mark 14:53 - And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
This would be the Sanhedrin, the governing body and council of the Jews, made up of 70 leaders of the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.
Mark 14:61 - But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
This is a fulfillment of Isaiah 53, "he was silent before the shearers."
"Son of the blessed" is actually a translation of the Hebrew term meaning Son of God. Are you the Son of God? Art Thou the Christ? The word Christ is from CHRISTOS in the Greek. And it is MESHIACH in the Hebrew that means Messiah. Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?
Mark 14:3 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
We know from John 12:3 that this woman is Mary, the sister of Martha, and sister to Lazarus. I just want to point out something about this "alabaster box." It is not a box. It is actually a flask. It had a long neck on it. And they were generally made out of marble. And in order to pour this, which is actually a burial spice, but in order to pour this on the body, they would break the long neck and just pour the contents out.
Spikenard is actually from two words. It's actually named nard. It is from a plant that's found primarily in India. But it is the word pure, pure nard, genuine, unadulterated, which is the reason why it was so expensive. And she comes in with this alabaster flask and she breaks the flask and poured it on his head.
Mark 14:5 - For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
300 pence is 300 DENARI, almost a year's wages. This again is something we as English-speaking people are not going to catch just by reading this verse.
Mark 14:21 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Keep in mind that the word woe (whoa) is only a good word if you are a horse. If you are not a horse you are in trouble because woe means destruction, OUAI in Greek means destruction.
Mark 14:32 - And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
You may already know this, but Gethsemane is the Hebrew transliteration of the wine and olive press on the Mount of Olives. The winepress is called Gethsemane.
Mark 12:42 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites. Those aren't bugs. Those are the names of coins. It is actually the word LEPTA. A LEPTA is only 1/64th of a day's wage. Somebody figured that out to be about 10 or 12 minutes, 1/64th of a day's wage.
And so, two of them (two mites), it adds up to a KORENTAS, 1/32nd of a day's wage. Not much! She threw in these two coins worth 1/32nd of a day's wage. Today, someone might have sent a visitation committee to her house. The word farthing is the word KORENTAS.
Mark 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
The word "sorrows" in the Greek text is the word for birth pains. When a woman begins her delivery process, the birth pains come further apart, and they are not as strong. What Jesus is saying is that when you see all these things happening, it is just getting started. Don't think that the end is coming anytime soon.
Mark 13:9 - But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Notice what He is saying to the synagogues and to the Council. The word council is Sanhedrin, the chief Council of the Jews. He is talking to Jewish people. He is talking directly to His disciples. He is talking directly to His believers, the Jews.
Mark 12:15 - Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
In the Greek text, Jesus says "Bring me a DENARIUS, that I may see it." A denarius is a Greek coin. And the denarius represents one day's wages. You can't use the Greek coin in the temple because it has the image of Caesar on it. But Jesus says, bring me a denarius so that I can see it.
Mark 12:37 - David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
They said, "Oh, this is great." They loved every minute of it. This Man is the wisdom of God. Listen to Him. Go ahead scribes, answer Him! So, when He quotes Psalm 110:1, David is saying to his Son, my Lord. Well, how can He be his Son, and then He is his Lord? So, Jesus is saying, how does that work? They couldn't answer!
Of course, the answer is the word son (HUIOS) has to do with descendancy, not a literal son. So, he was actually calling his Son his Lord, even though his Son would come after him, He actually existed before him. He was his God. This is the same thing John the Baptist said. The one who comes after me was before me and was preferred before me.
Mark 12:41 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Now I like this one! This would be equivalent to Jesus sitting across the tithing envelopes in the foyer in church. That would make you nervous wouldn't it? Jesus was watching how the people cast their money into the treasury: how they were doing it, not how much, and many that were rich cast in much.
Mark 10:52 - And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
The word whole is the word for salvation, SOUDSO.
Mark 11:22 - And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
So, Jesus responded and he said (According to our English Bible), Have faith in God.
Literally in the Greek text, it reads "have the faith of God." Big difference! And the word "have" is a command. Have the faith of God! Faith is a gift from God, not of man. So, when we call out for mercy, we also call out, "Lord, I believe but help my unbelief." Lord have mercy on me, I don't deserve it, but if You don't have mercy on me I'm lost. Jesus says, have the faith of God.
Mark 12:1 - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
The word husbandmen is the Greek word for farmers. That was pretty customary to see in Jerusalem, where you fix up a vineyard and then rent it out to some farmers because you're leaving the country. And what the pay would be is that when the harvest comes, you would get a certain percentage of the crops. That is a pretty good deal!
Mark 12:14 - And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
The question is, is it lawful to give tribute, (that means tax) to Caesar, or not? They want to know if it is lawful. To the English-speaking mind, to give tribute to someone might mean to pay respect to or speak well of them.
Mark 14:62 - And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Interesting how these verbs work in Greek. It is either transitive or non-transitive. This is a non-transitive verb; it is just I am. That is all He said. That is His name, the name of God in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus.
Mark 14:63 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
First, I realize you already know this, but the word "rent" is the word tore. The high priest rent, or tore his clothes, which by the way is illegal for him to do, which is very interesting. In Leviticus 21:10, it tells us that the priest cannot tear clothes. But he did. And he says, what need we any further witnesses? So, he says throw that rule out too. We will just make up our own. We have heard him. And they all condemned Jesus to be guilty of death.
This is all I have to share on Mark. I am working my way through Luke and hope to be posting on it soon.
God Bless!!!
Mark 14:36 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Abba is Aramaic for father, a very intimate word.
Mark 14:43 - And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
The word for "sword" means the small hand sword that the Roman soldiers would use in hand-to-hand combat. This word "staves" in the Greek are literally wooden clubs. The wooden clubs are the ones the temple police would use. They are coming out with swords and wooden clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark 14:45 - And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
In the Greek text, this word for kiss has a little preposition, KATA, added to it. It means he kissed him fervently and affectionately. He didn't just come up and put a little kiss on Jesus' cheek. But he grabs Him and says master. He is giving him a very affectionate kiss.
Mark 14:53 - And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
This would be the Sanhedrin, the governing body and council of the Jews, made up of 70 leaders of the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.
Mark 14:61 - But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
This is a fulfillment of Isaiah 53, "he was silent before the shearers."
"Son of the blessed" is actually a translation of the Hebrew term meaning Son of God. Are you the Son of God? Art Thou the Christ? The word Christ is from CHRISTOS in the Greek. And it is MESHIACH in the Hebrew that means Messiah. Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?
Mark 14:3 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
We know from John 12:3 that this woman is Mary, the sister of Martha, and sister to Lazarus. I just want to point out something about this "alabaster box." It is not a box. It is actually a flask. It had a long neck on it. And they were generally made out of marble. And in order to pour this, which is actually a burial spice, but in order to pour this on the body, they would break the long neck and just pour the contents out.
Spikenard is actually from two words. It's actually named nard. It is from a plant that's found primarily in India. But it is the word pure, pure nard, genuine, unadulterated, which is the reason why it was so expensive. And she comes in with this alabaster flask and she breaks the flask and poured it on his head.
Mark 14:5 - For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
300 pence is 300 DENARI, almost a year's wages. This again is something we as English-speaking people are not going to catch just by reading this verse.
Mark 14:21 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Keep in mind that the word woe (whoa) is only a good word if you are a horse. If you are not a horse you are in trouble because woe means destruction, OUAI in Greek means destruction.
Mark 14:32 - And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
You may already know this, but Gethsemane is the Hebrew transliteration of the wine and olive press on the Mount of Olives. The winepress is called Gethsemane.
Mark 12:42 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites. Those aren't bugs. Those are the names of coins. It is actually the word LEPTA. A LEPTA is only 1/64th of a day's wage. Somebody figured that out to be about 10 or 12 minutes, 1/64th of a day's wage.
And so, two of them (two mites), it adds up to a KORENTAS, 1/32nd of a day's wage. Not much! She threw in these two coins worth 1/32nd of a day's wage. Today, someone might have sent a visitation committee to her house. The word farthing is the word KORENTAS.
Mark 13:8 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
The word "sorrows" in the Greek text is the word for birth pains. When a woman begins her delivery process, the birth pains come further apart, and they are not as strong. What Jesus is saying is that when you see all these things happening, it is just getting started. Don't think that the end is coming anytime soon.
Mark 13:9 - But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Notice what He is saying to the synagogues and to the Council. The word council is Sanhedrin, the chief Council of the Jews. He is talking to Jewish people. He is talking directly to His disciples. He is talking directly to His believers, the Jews.
Mark 12:15 - Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
In the Greek text, Jesus says "Bring me a DENARIUS, that I may see it." A denarius is a Greek coin. And the denarius represents one day's wages. You can't use the Greek coin in the temple because it has the image of Caesar on it. But Jesus says, bring me a denarius so that I can see it.
Mark 12:37 - David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
They said, "Oh, this is great." They loved every minute of it. This Man is the wisdom of God. Listen to Him. Go ahead scribes, answer Him! So, when He quotes Psalm 110:1, David is saying to his Son, my Lord. Well, how can He be his Son, and then He is his Lord? So, Jesus is saying, how does that work? They couldn't answer!
Of course, the answer is the word son (HUIOS) has to do with descendancy, not a literal son. So, he was actually calling his Son his Lord, even though his Son would come after him, He actually existed before him. He was his God. This is the same thing John the Baptist said. The one who comes after me was before me and was preferred before me.
Mark 12:41 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Now I like this one! This would be equivalent to Jesus sitting across the tithing envelopes in the foyer in church. That would make you nervous wouldn't it? Jesus was watching how the people cast their money into the treasury: how they were doing it, not how much, and many that were rich cast in much.
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