Markus 1:15

15 Die Zeit ist erfüllt, und das Reich Gottes ist nahe gekommen. Tut Buße und glaubet an das Evangelium.

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Markus 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:15

And saying, the time is fulfilled
Either that which was fixed for the end of the law and prophets, the legal and Mosaic dispensation, and the Jewish church state; or the fulness of time for the Messiah's appearance in the world; which was agreed upon between the Father and the Son, was predicted in various prophecies, and the people of the Jews were in a general expectation of:

and the kingdom of God is at hand:
the same with the kingdom of heaven, in ( Matthew 3:2 ) ( 4:17 ) , see the notes: (See Gill on Matthew 3:2), (See Gill on Matthew 4:17).

repent ye, and believe the Gospel.
He called them to repent, not only of their former sins and vicious course of life, but of their bad principles and tenets, concerning a temporal kingdom of the Messiah; concerning merit and free will, justification by the works of the law, and salvation by their obedience to the ceremonies of it, and the traditions of the elders: these he exhorts them to change their sentiments about, and to relinquish them, and give into the Gospel scheme; which proclaims liberty from the law, peace, pardon, and righteousness by Christ, and salvation and eternal life by the free grace of God.

Markus 1:15 In-Context

13 Und er war vierzig Tage in der Wüste und wurde von dem Satan versucht; und er war unter den wilden Tieren, und die Engel dienten ihm.
14 Nachdem aber Johannes überliefert war, kam Jesus nach Galiläa, predigte das Evangelium des Reiches Gottes und sprach:
15 Die Zeit ist erfüllt, und das Reich Gottes ist nahe gekommen. Tut Buße und glaubet an das Evangelium.
16 Als er aber am See von Galiläa wandelte, sah er Simon und Andreas, Simons Bruder, die in dem See ein Netz hin-und herwarfen, denn sie waren Fischer.
17 Und Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Kommet mir nach, und ich werde euch zu Menschenfischern machen;
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