Mark
8:27-9:1
Lesson 79
8:27-9:1
Lesson 79
Mark: 8:27-9:1
Jesus predicts His death and resurrection 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark: Chapter 9:1 1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. |
Margin notes:
"Caesarea Philippi." (8:27) - A Roman city located 120 miles north of Jerusalem, fifty miles from Damascus, thirty from Tyre and twenty miles north of the Sea of Galilee at the foot of Mount Hermon near the city of Dan. Named after the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar and Herod Philip, it was a center of Greek-Roman culture and awash in paganism. The town had a mixed population of Jews and Gentiles and is today a small village called Banias. It should not be confused with the city of Caesarea on the coast of the Mediterranean. Matthew 16:13 and this passage tell us that Jesus visited Caesarea Philippi. This was probably as far north as Jesus ever traveled. "By the way he asked his disciples." (8:27) - "On the road, He asked His disciples." "Thou art the Christ." (8:29) - Peter understood that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah. But he still didn't fully grasp what that meant. He thought Jesus had come to free Israel from Rome. None of the disciples will comprehend that Jesus is the Son of God until they see Him resurrected. "He charged them that they should tell no man of him." (8:30) - Means, "He warned them not to tell anyone about Him." It wasn't yet time for Jesus to reveal His divine identity to the masses, that won't come until after the resurrection. Then, Jesus will want His disciples to tell everyone. "The Son of man must suffer." (8:31) - This is the first of three times in Mark that Jesus tells His disciples He will suffer, die, and be resurrected (Mark 9:31; 10:33-34). "Chief priests." (8:31) - Members of the Sanhedrin (council of seventy) and representatives of the twenty-four orders of ordinary priests. "Get thee behind me, Satan." (8:33) - Jesus called Peter Satan because he tried to talk Him out of fulfilling His mission, just as Satan tried in Matthew 4:1-11. "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (8:34) - Means, put aside your own pleasures and put God first. "Whosoever will save his life shall lose it." (8:35) - An important message that is reinforced in Matthew 10:39; 16:25; Luke 9:24; 17:33 and John 12:25. This is Jesus' second most quoted phrase in the Bible. His most quoted is "follow me." "Soul." (8:36) - "The real person who will live forever in heaven or hell." (From Mark: The Humanity of Christ by John MacArthur; published by Nelson Impact, Nashville, TN.; page 55). "When he cometh in the glory of his Father." (8:38) - Jesus is referring to His Second Coming. Jesus repeatedly promised to return (Matthew 16:27; 24:27; 24:29-30; 24:37; 25:31; Mark 8:38; Luke 17:28-30; 21:27; John 14:2-3). Daniel prophesized the Second Coming in Daniel 7:13-14, six hundred years before the first coming. |