Mark 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. We have a life and barter it for a world. We don’t know whether we can survive them. Apple YouTube Email. They come upon us whether we like it or not. Of course there are multitudes of invitations to baby showers, Tupperware parties, and Amway or Kirby demonstrations. And (we pray!) As a matter of fact, I'm reminded of Mark 14:50, "And they all forsook him, and fled." Subscribe Share on Twitter; Share on Facebook; Share with Email; Previous Lab. The Passage in Context Almost exactly at the book’s midpoint, this passage initiates a major shift in Mark’s plot. See what over 150,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. I had anticipated studying the Transfiguration with you at this time, but, as I worked through the passage, I found that the closing paragraph of Chapter 8 is so important, so central to the message of this entire Gospel, that we dare not hurry over it. After telling His disciples and others nearby the cost of being His disciple, Jesus asked... "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Mark 8:27-38 EXEGESIS: MARK 8:22-38. Soon there will be those who are preparing for a life together and we are invited to celebrate with them as they exchange vows. For our understanding and application today, here is one of the clearest statements of discipleship anywhere in the New Testament. all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love. Subscribe. They knock us around and threaten to destroy all our stability and security. You see for yourself whether the meaning is really there. There are those who graduating from high school or college. will save it.” (Mark 8:35) A clergy friend of mine tells the story of meeting a couple at a party who’d just moved to his community and were looking for a church home. ‘Life,’ in Mark 8:35, and ‘soul,’ in Mark 8:36-37, are the same word, and ought to be translated by the same word throughout. This is often how we use the word "when". 8:35 "gospel's" This is a compound of eu (good) and angelos (message). We have … Continue reading "Commentary on Mark 8:27-38" CHAPTER 8 The Feeding of the Four Thousand. By "loving the Lord," is meant to love to do His commandments. 32 And he spake that saying openly. The healing of the blind man in Mark 8:22-26 is the only time Jesus healed someone in two-stages. This time of year we receive many invitations. Share on Twitter “Sunday Reflection” is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in today’s Mass in Catholic parishes around the world. He calls on each person to deny himself and take up His cross (8:34). Sunday reflection: Mark 8:27-35. WORDS OF JESUS IN RED. Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" AR 556. 8:22-26 -- "Healing the Blind Man" -- is both a conclusion to what has gone before and an introduction to this new section. The word "fit" in Luke 9:62 comes from the Greek adjective "euthetos" meaning "well suited." Ed Morrissey Posted at 10:01 am on September 13, 2015. - Mk 8:35 a. Apple YouTube Email. The reason is, because He Himself is His commandments, for they are from Him, therefore He is in them, and consequently is in the man in whose life they are engraven; and they are engraven in man by willing and doing them. Mark 8:35 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love. You watch his pen “draw out” meaning. THE CONTEXT This lesson is bracketed by the story of Jesus healing a blind man at Bethsaida (8:22-26) and another blind man, Bartimaeus, at Jericho (10:46-25). So far, Mark has done little to draw our attention to them. It is a double exchange, or an attempt at it. Mark 8:34-38 ¶“ 34 Jesus called the crowd to join him and his disciples. It is packed with teaching each of us can apply, to be certain we are authentic disciples of Christ. Will we? If one looks that the Greek word, psuchen, used in Mark 8:35, which is translated “life” that word does convey more than merely the wooden meaning of “life”. '” (Mark 8:34). - cf. He designated twelve of them to have a particular share in his ministry (Mark 3:14-15), but they won’t really … Continue reading "Commentary on Mark 4:35-41" With it we begin the second half of our study in the Gospel of Mark. #35 I Can See Clearly Now Series: Mark Chuck Sligh November 15, 2020 TEXT: Mark 8:22-26 – “And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. Mark 8:35 For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, ... untranslated-- The Greek word meaning "if might" indicates more of an expectation of something happening than "if" alone. For a man may have some profit and suffer some loss, and balance the one against the other. They have followed Jesus around and listened to him. He appeals to us to lose our life for His sake and the gospel’s in order to save it (8:35). It originally meant proclaim good tidings, but it came to be used for the message about Jesus as the Messiah bringing salvation (and all its connected doctrines). Study Mark 8 using Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. It is in fact an exchange. And we don’t know how long they will last. Mark 8:22-10:52 is one of my favorite sections of scriptures. 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. MARK 8:35. Watch our overview video on the book of Mark, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. * 1In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat,a he summoned the disciples and said, 2“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 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