Mark 6

3. It is but a partial forsaking of sin; though he leave one sin he lives in some other. Herod reformed very much (Mark 6:20). [reconstructed: He did many things], but he lived in incest. Some leave drunkenness and live in covetousness; they forbear swearing and live in slanderi…

2. Secondly, we are taught here to bewail the hardness of our hearts: whereby we are hindered from knowing God aright, and from discerning the glory and majesty of God in his creatures. Mark 6:52. The disciples, through the hardness of their hearts, could not see God's power in…

John Baptist was girt with a leather girdle, yet he was more than a prophet (Matthew 11:9). He was honored to usher in the King of Glory into the world: John was so eminent a person, that doubtless Herod might have kept his oath, though he had not beheaded him, for he swore to t…

2. In his life he was low, for no sooner is he born but his mother is forced to flee away with him to Egypt; he dare not be seen. And when he returns, he cohabits with and serves his supposed father and his mother, was obedient to them, ran their errands, and worked their work;…

And no sooner does he appear in the exercise of his public ministry, but his friends offend at him, and look on him as a distracted man (Mark 3). His countrymen contemn him, and were offended at him (Mark 6). Is not this (say they) the Carpenter, the Son of Mary, the brother of…

It's unbelievers through their unbelief, they think not Christ worth the having, and reject all that is spoken of Him, and cry away with Him, as the Jews did; and as to their particular guilt, they crucify Him, for they cannot refuse Him, without affronting Him, and can there be…

And in such another place, and among such a people, Who has believed our report? as here the prophet does. It is said (Luke 10:17) and (Mark 6:30) the disciples returned, and with joy told Christ all that they had done, and how the devils were subject to them, they made account…

And certainly if his Father has been so gracious to him as to bestow so high and absolute a sovereignty on him, as to accomplish and effect whatever he means to do, surely his purpose was never to deny Christ any request, that he should after this make: he would never have advan…

Notable is that speech of our Savior (John 5:35, speaking of John): He was a burning and a shining light, not only a shining light to give clear instruction in the knowledge of the Messiah, and the true meaning of the Law, but withal a burning light; so as that he had a notable…

He regarded not to walk in all the commandments of the Lord, and then as he cut short with God in reformation, and did not fulfill to walk after the Lord, therefore God cut Jehu short of all the hopes of grace that ever he might have attained, to verse 32. So that if we cut at a…

Love to Men's Souls in Christ was far above any Regard he had to his temporal Interest, his Ease, his Honour, his Meat and Drink; and so it should be with his Ministers. They should have the same Spirit of Compassion to Men under their spiritual Calamities and Miseries, that he…

Generally they looked upon him as an enemy to Moses; John 9:29: We know that God spoke to Moses, as for this fellow we know not from where he is. Others had a more moderate opinion, who were alarmed by his miracles, and convinced by his holiness, Mark 6:14-16: some said it is El…

For the multitude do not make so much of what men say, as what men do. Herod did many things, not because John the Baptist was a good minister, but because he was a good man (Mark 6:20). Thirdly, ministers have not the presence and protection of God, unless their lives be virtuo…

Herod would doe some things, at the motion of John Baptist, but he would not leaue his incestuous marriage, with his brothers wife. Mark 6:20. There be at this day that are very forward in good things: yet some of them will not leaue their swearing, some their lying, some their…

On the contrary, he which has many excellent things in him, if he live in the manifest breach of some one commandment, is sound in none, nay indeed he is guilty of all. Herod did many good things: and yet all was nothing: because he lived in incest (Mark 6:20). The devil is able…

And this was regarded by the inhabitants of Nazareth as a fair excuse for rejecting him in their turn. 24. Verily, I say to you He reproaches them with the blame of preventing him from exerting his power among them as he did in other places, by working miracles: for the unbelief…

“Vous l'avez receu pour neant, donnez-le pour neant;” — “you have received it for nothing, give it for nothing.” Mark 6:7 7. And he calls the twelve, and began to send them out two and two, and gave them power against

15. Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. Mark 6:8-11 8. And commanded them to take nothing for the journey, but a staff only; not a scrip, nor bread, nor money in their girdle: 9. But to…

Luke 3:19. Now Herod the tetrarch. Luke alone explains the reason why Herod threw John into prison: though we shall afterwards find it mentioned by Matthew 14:3, and Mark 6:17. Josephus says, (Antiquities 18, 5, 2,) that Herod, dreading a popular insurrection and a change of the…

Mark 6:12-13 12. And they departed, and preached “Eux donc estans partis prescherent;” — “they then having set out, preached.” that men should repent.

58. And he did not perform many miracles there on account of their unbelief. Mark 6:1-6 1. And he departed thence, and came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.

2. And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist: he is raised from the dead, and therefore miracles work in him. Mark 6:14-16 14. And king Herod heard of him, (for his name had become celebrated,) and said, John, who baptized, has risen from the dead, and therefore miracle…

21. And they who had eaten were nearly five thousand men, besides women and children. Mark 6:30-44 30. And the Apostles assembled to Jesus, and related to him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

33. Then they that were in the ship approached and worshipped him, saying, Truly thou art the Son of God. Mark 6:45-52. 45. And immediately he constrained his disciples to embark, and to go before him, across the lake, to Bethsaida, while he sent away the multitude.

12. And his disciples came and carried away the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. Mark 6:17-29 17. For Herod himself had sent, and seized John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.

36. And besought him that they might touch only the fringe of his robe; and as many as touched were made whole. Mark 6:53-56 53. And when they had passed over, they came into the country of Gennesareth, and landed.

Jude a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them which are called and sanctified of God the Father, and reserved to Jesus Christ: Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied. This Epistle is attributed to Saint Jude the Apostle, brother of James the less, and Simo…

And Lo, thou art unto them, as a very lovely Song, of one that hath a pleasant Voice, and can play well on an Instrument: For they hear thy Words, but they do them not. So it was with Herod; he heard John the Baptist gladly: Mark 6. 20. So it was with others of his Hearers, for…

He showed Mercy to Men's Souls, by laboring for them in preaching the Gospel to them; and showed Mercy to their Bodies, by going about doing Good, healing all Manner of Sickness and Diseases among the People. We have a remarkable Instance of Christ's having Compassion at once bo…

The blessed God has settled this connection between our faith and his own exerted power. As the extraordinary works of the Spirit were not done, but upon the exercise of the extraordinary faith, which by the divine constitution was requisite for it: so that the unbelief which st…

This is what is certainly required of you: and this is what many stick at; this giving up other things for salvation, is a stumbling block that few get over. While others pressed into the kingdom of God, at the preaching of John the Baptist, there was Herod, one of his hearers,…

Jonathan, a meer stranger to David, clave closer to him, and was more friendly and useful to him, than his own Brethren, who despised and slighted him. Ministers have found more kindness and respect from strangers, than their own people that are more obliged to them, Mark 6:4 A…

Hardnesse of heart, whereby we are hindred from the true knowledge of God in his word, and from discerning his wisdom, power, justice, mercie, &c. in his works, though we have them before our eyes: hence it comes, that ei[]er we neglect the word, and passe by the workes of God w…

They have zeale for Gods glorie, as had Iehu, 2. king. 11. 15. and yet he departed not from the sinnes of his forefathers, v. 32. Thirdly, they have reuerence to Gods ministers, as Herod to John Baptist, Mark. 6. 20. Herod knowing John to be a just and holy man, feared and reuer…

2. Christ was subject to great humiliation in his private life at Nazareth. He there led a servile obscure life, in a mean laborious occupation: for he is called not only the carpenter's son, but the carpenter: Mark 6:3. "Is not this the carpenter, the brother of James and Joses…

But none but the upright, who are indeed renewed by the sanctifying spirit of Christ, will in all things make Christ's will their rule, and in every thing hold close to it, preferring it before their pleasure, profit, preferment, or any other outward allurement. They who so do,…

It is collected both by ancient and later divines, that our Lord Jesus Christ [reconstructed: in] his younger years, before he began to exercise his public ministry, occupied himself in his father's trade: and that this was the thing wherein he manifested his subjection to his p…

Wealth does not this, but grace. (Mark 6:33) Seek you first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness thereof, and all these things shall be added. (1 Timothy 4:8) Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

4. Some out of a general sense of the excellency that is in the Word. They go on smoothly for a while, as Herod, who heard gladly (Mark 6:20), so do many, till the Word come to cross their lusts, and touch their darling sin, then they run to earthly pleasures again, and out of a…

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: he has more of God and of a man than others, as he has a freer use of reason, and a greater command of his own lusts and passions. There is a reverence of such darted into the consciences of wicked men (Mark 6:20). Herod feared…

1. It must be universal. Herod did many things (Mark 6:20). Partial reformation in outward things will not serve the turn.

I will yet be more vile. 5. Carnal men at the same time approve what they seem to condemn; they hate and fear strictness, (Mark 6:20) Herod feared John, because he was a just man, and a holy one, and observed him. They scoff at it with their tongues, but have a fear of it in the…

You cannot be presented as perfect in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:28). 4. They that do not obey all, will not long obey any; but where profit or lust requires it, they will break all, as (Mark 6:20). Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and holy, and observed him; a…

And when should they call loudest to spiritual watchfulness, but when they are nearest to the snares of spiritual wickedness? This was the practice of our Lord Christ: Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation (Mark 6:41). What it was in the sermon that could possibly of…

10. A man may be under great and visible changes, and these wrought by the ministry of the Word, and yet be but almost a Christian. Herod, it is said, when he heard John the Baptist, did many things and heard him gladly (Mark 6:20). Saul was under a great change when he met the…

But when he comes to be folded in the fellowship of the faith, and that men follow him home to his doors, and watch him in his retired carriage, and have occasion to grapple with his spirit in the particulars which concern his particular [illegible], as when he had failed and of…

[reconstructed: You] cannot abide the Word, or the messengers [reconstructed: who] would take away from you that which will take [reconstructed: a]way your peace, your comfort, your happiness. Thus Herodias waited for the Baptist's life, [reconstructed: because] he endeavored to…

Antinomians say this is a legal doctrine; but Christ here preaches it: Blessed are they that mourn. And the apostles preached it (Mark 6:11): And they went out and preached that men should repent. Holy sincerity will put us upon mourning for sin; he that has the heart of a child…

It is a vain thing for a man to say he loves Christ's person when he slights his commands. Without practice you will come short of those who have come short of heaven; Herod did many things (Mark 6:20) — he was in many things a practiser of John's ministry. Those who rest in the…

So the heart promises fair that it will keep from such sins, but if you are not careful it will steal out to vanity. Say to your heart as John the Baptist said to Herod (Mark 6:18): it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. So say to your heart: it is not lawful for…