they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it The MT text adds: that they may enter in. See commentary on Revelation 21:24....
And the gospel's sake (kai tou euaggeliou). In Mark alone. See on Mt 16:25 for this paradox. Two senses of life and save. For the last save (swsei) ...
And the scribes (kai twn grammatewn). Mark adds this item while John 18:3 mentions Pharisees. It was evidently a committee of the Sanhedrin for Jud...
To them that stood by (toi parestwsin). This talk about Peter was overheard by him. This fellow (outo) is one of them. So in verse Mark 70 the talk...
Yet will not I (all ouk egw). Mark records here Peter's boast of loyalty even though all desert him. All the Gospels tell it. See discussion on Mt 26...
Exceeding vehemently (ekperissw). This strong compounded adverb only in Mark and probably preserves Peter's own statement of the remark. About the bo...
As he sat at meat (katakeimenou autou). Matthew 26:7 uses anakeimenou, both words meaning reclining (leaning down or up or back) and in the genitiv...
Was glad (hupranqh). First aorist (timeless here like the Hebrew perfect) passive indicative of euprainw (cf. Luke 15:32 ). Timeless also is rejoice...
I am (ego eimi). Matthew has it, Thou hast said, which is the equivalent of the affirmative. But Mark's statement is definite beyond controversy. See...
Which was named (ou to onoma). Literally, whose name was. On Gethsemane see on Mt 26:36. While I pray (ew proseuxwmai). Aorist subjunctive with ew re...
Simon, sleepest thou? (Simwn, kaqeudei;). The old name, not the new name, Peter. Already his boasted loyalty was failing in the hour of crisis. Jesus...
Who also made us sufficient for such confidence (o kai ikanwsen hma). Late causative verb from ikano (verse Romans 5 ) first aorist active indicativ...
Ye (Humei). Emphatic position. The covenant which God made (th diaqhkh h o qeo dieqeto). Literally, the covenant which God covenanted. Diaqhkh and di...
When they sacrificed the passover (ote to pasca equon). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note pasca) was slain at 6 P.M., ...
I think myself happy (hghmai emauton makarion). See on Mt 5:3 for makario. Blass notes that Paul, like Tertullus, begins with captatio benevolentiae,...
Not during the feast (Mh en th eorth). They had first planned to kill him at the feast ( John 11:57 ), but the Triumphal Entry and great Tuesday deba...
One of the twelve (ei twn dwdeka). It is as bad as that. The sign that Jesus gave, the one dipping in the dish with me (o embaptomeno met emou ei to ...
My name is Legion (Legiwn onoma moi). So Luke 8:30 , but not Matthew. Latin word (legio). A full Roman legion had 6,826 men. See on Mt 26:53. This m...
After supper (meta to deipnhsai). Meta and the articular aorist active infinitive, after the dining (or the supping) as in Luke 22:20 . The new cove...
To content the multitude (twi oclwi to ikanon poihsai). A Latin idiom (satisfacere alicui), to do what is sufficient to remove one's ground of compla...