The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 10:35-45
Mark 10:35-45Master, we would that Thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shalt desire.Christ’s last journey to JerusalemI. Self-seeking. It is a plausible maxim of this world which says: “Every man for himself.” Prominent places are secured by those who seek them diligently, with shrewd management and artful manoeuvering. Why should not this principle be extended into the next world, and our prudence take merely a little longer range in looking out for the main chance? Many people seem to have... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 10:1-52
Mark 10:2 . The pharisees came and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? This was a net artfully spread, to entangle the Saviour’s feet. Had he said no, they would have accused him of teaching doctrines contrary to the law of Moses. Had he said yea, they would then have charged him as guilty of cruelty. Thus, like Ezekiel, the Saviour exercised his ministry among scorpions. A woman repudiated for mere dislike, groans beneath a load of wrongs. She went to the altar in... read more