The Strand Study Bible

MARK 9:25

MARK 10:1

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25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 1 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29 And he said unto them, 2 This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. 30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The 3 SON OF MAN is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. P 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. CHRIST speaks of humility and forgiveness (S/A - Mt 18:1-11 & Lk 9:46-48) 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had 4 disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. CHRIST rebukes John (S/A - Lk 9:49,50) 38 And John answered him, saying, Mas- ter, we saw one casting out devils in thy The promise of CHRIST’S rejection, betrayal, death and resurrection (Fulfilled - Mk 14:43-16:6 - AD 32)

name, 5 and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: 6 for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me . 40 For he that is not against us is on our part. The promise of rewards (Fulfilled - Rev 4:2) 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, 7 he shall not lose his reward. P A warning about hell 42 8 And whosoever shall 9 offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into 10 hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 11 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into 10 hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46 11 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into 10 hell fire: 48 11 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be 12 salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50 13 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, 14 and have peace one with another. Mark 10 CHRIST speaks about divorce (S/A - Mt 19:1-12) Date - AD 32 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto

1. Jn 11:25 2. or, “this kind of miracle can come forth by nothing but humility (prayer and fasting) and total concentration on God 3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:43-16:6 (Christ’s Rejection and Resurrection) 4. Prov 13:10 5. Num 11:25-29 & Lk 9:49-50 6. I Cor 12:3 7. Fulfilled - Rev 4:2 (NT rewards) (See - Mt 5:12 & 10:41-42) 8. Mt 18:6 & Lk 17:1- 2 & I Cor 8:11-12 9. or, “cause to stumble” - Rom 14:13-23 10. or, “lake of fire” - Rev 20:14-15 & 21:8 11. Quoted from the OT - Isa 66:24 12. Lev 2:13 & Ezk 43:24 13. Mt 5:13 14. Rom 12:18 & 14:19 & II Cor 13:11 & I Thess 5:13 & Heb 12:14

9:43 To paraphrase what Jesus means here– Tis better to have suffered here (on earth) than to suffer there (in Hell); it is better to have lived hell on earth and to have gone to Heaven, than to have lived heaven on earth and to have gone to Hell (Lk 16:19-23). 9:50 As Christians, we are supposed to have salt in us, not on us. Remember Lot’s wife? She had salt on her instead of in her ( Gen 19:26 ). Christians are called to in fluence their world, not focus on its affluence ( Mt 5:13 and Lk 14:34 & 17: 26- 32-33 ).