Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:41-45 – The True Minister

Mark 10:41-45 – The True Minister

|| Matthew 20:24-28;[1] Luke 22:24-27

MK10:41 Now when the other ten [apostles] heard of this they were very indignant.[2] MK10:42 Then Jesus asked them all to approach and told them: “You are quite aware that those who seem to rule the non-Jews lord it over them, and their ‘great ones’ exercise authority over them. MK10:43 But, it should not be the same among you.[3] Instead, whoever will actually be ‘great’ among you shall be your servant. MK10:44 Also, whoever will be ‘first’ among you must be the servant of everyone. MK10:45 For even the Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] came not to be served, but rather to serve, and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many.”[4]

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[1] Matthew 20:24-28: For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.

[2] They were very indignant: We can see the ongoing problem with jealous ambition among the apostles.

[3] It should not be the same among you: Jesus is speaking to his twelve apostles. They are not to have one of their members lording it over the others. Such heavy authority did finally arise in the Church as foretold. [Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Thessalonians 2:4] This did not mean there was no legitimate “authority” within the Church. Compare notes on Titus 2:15 and Hebrews 13:7, 17.

[4] Give his soul a ransom in exchange for many: Or, WEY: as the redemption-price; GDS: to free many others. The Greek uses POLLON [much] and not PANTA [all]. Though the ransom of Christ is available to ALL it will actually only cover MANY. [Matthew 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:4-6]

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Preceding

2021 Memorial of Christ’s death

Authority from the One God to one mediator between God and men

Matthew 20:24-28 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Authority Not the Way – Serve Others

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:1-12 – Pharisees Debate About Divorce

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:13-16 – Kingdom Belongs to Child-like

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:17-22 – Sell and Give to Poor

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:23-31 – The Difficulty of Money

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:32-34 – Predicts His Suffering

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:35-40 – Nespotism and Baptism

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Additional reading

1. Who do you say Jesus is
2. When you believe Jesus is God: who do you think is the mediator? #1 Son of man
3. When you believe Jesus is God: who do you think is the mediator? #2 Firstborn from the dead our advocate
4. Christ the foundation of the church
5. A Ransom for all 2 Corresponding price
6. Today’s Thought “God’s servant will succeed! He will be raised up, exalted, highly honoured!” (Weekend of 2020 June 27-28)
7. A perfect life, obedient death, and glorious resurrection
8. Today’s thought “He humbled himself by becoming …” (April 8)
9. Today’s Thought “Given for a light to the Gentile” (June 24)
10. Today’s Thought “God’s servant will succeed! He will be raised up, exalted, highly honoured!” (Weekend of 2020 June 27-28)

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Related

1. Daily Devotion – Scripture of Today: Mark 10:41-45
2. Morning Musing: Mark 10:45
3. Mark 10:45
4. Service, Sacrifice, and Suffering
5. The Mission of the Son of Man
6. Why We Should Serve
7. Serve One Another
8. Why God Sent a Savior
9. Those Who Would Lead
10. Why Serve?

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:32-34 – Predicts His Suffering

Mark 10:32-34 – Predicts His Suffering

|| Matthew 20:17-19;[1] Luke 18:31-33

MK10:32 Now as they were ascending to Jerusalem, Jesus went on ahead and this amazed them. As they followed they became frightened, but Jesus again took the Twelve aside privately and began to tell them what was destined to happen to him. MK10:33 He said: “Look, we are ascending to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] will be handed over to the chief priests and Bible Copyists. They will condemn him to death and turned over to the non-Jews. MK10:34 They will mock him, scourge him, spit at him, and then kill him, but on the third day he will be resurrected.”

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[1] Matthew 20:17-19: For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.

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Matthew 20:17-19 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Onward to Jerusalem!

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:1-12 – Pharisees Debate About Divorce

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:13-16 – Kingdom Belongs to Child-like

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:17-22 – Sell and Give to Poor

Mark 10 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 10:23-31 – The Difficulty of Money

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Additional reading

1. When you believe Jesus is God: who do you think is the mediator? #2 Firstborn from the dead our advocate

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Related

1. Day 61 – Leviticus 25:47-27:13, Mark 10:32-52, Psalm 45:1-17, Proverbs 10:22
2. Arts of Gospel Neighboring (Mark 10:32-52)
3. Morning Musing: Mark 10:32Mark 10:34
4. Challenge, Courage and Spirit
5. A Cup and A Baptism

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:30-32 – Foretells Resurrection

Mark 9:30-32 – Foretells Resurrection

|| Matthew 17:22, 23;[1] Luke 9:44, 45

MK9:30 Now they left there and traveled through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know of the matter. MK9:31 For he was teaching his disciples, saying to them: “The Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] will be delivered up to the hands of men and they will kill him. But after he has been killed, he will rise on the third day.” MK9:32 However, the disciples did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.[2]

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[1] Matthew 17:22, 23: For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.

[2] Were afraid to ask him: Some have painted a picture of Christ that is passive and effeminate. Mark’s Gospel has shown him to be a strong and straightforward person with no timidity about speaking his mind. Here it is clear the apostles are intimidated and fearful. They have recently witnessed a severe public rebuke of Peter by the Nazarene, and they are very hesitant to even ask for more details about his foretold suffering and death.

 

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Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:1-8 – The Transfiguration

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:9-13 – Elijah Has Come

Matthew 12:22-30 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: the Charge of Demonism

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:14-24 – Help Me Where I Need Faith

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:25-29 – Why Could We Not Expel It?

Matthew 17:14-21 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed

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Related

1. Who Is the Greatest? Mark 9:30-37 Sunday School Lesson and Activities
2. Drawn In Sermon on Mark 9: 30-37
3. From the Greatest to the Welcomed
4. Sanctified Ambition?
5. Who’s the Goat?
6. Significance – Mark 9:31-32

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:9-13 – Elijah Has Come

Mark 9:9-13 – Elijah Has Come

|| Matthew 17:14-21;[1] Luke 9:34-42

MK9:9 Now as the descended the mountain Jesus ordered the disciples never to tell anyone[2] what they had seen until the Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] was raised up from the dead. MK9:10 So they kept this to themselves,[3] discussing with one another what this ‘rising up again from the dead’[4] meant. MK9:11 Then they asked Jesus: “Why do the Bible Copyists say that Elijah must come first?” MK9:12 Now Jesus answered them:[5] “For a certainty Elijah must come first [Malachi 4:1] and will restore everything. [Malachi 4:5, 6] How is it written regarding the Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] suffering many things [Psalm 22:6; Isaiah 53:3] and then being rejected? [Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 118:22] MK9:13 But, I tell you: Elijah has already come![6] And they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written.”

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[1] Matthew 17:14-21: For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.

[2] Never to tell anyone: Something like Paul’s own experience. [2 Corinthians 12:4] Peter writes of the experience at 2 Peter 1:16-19.

[3] So they kept this to themselves: This silence on where they went with the Nazarene could have caused the following argument of who was the greatest.

[4] Rising up again from the dead: The subject of the resurrection of Messiah in the Hebrew Bible is obscure and it is only until after Pentecost that Psalm 16:10 is used as the main proof of such. It is likely Isaiah 53:10, 12 also could be used.

[5] Jesus answered them: In his answer, Jesus alludes to several verses from the Hebrew Bible, though these probably escaped the disciples at the time, as it would most Christians today.

[6] Elijah has already come: Jesus’ own inspired interpretation of Malachi applies it to John the Baptist.

 

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Preceding

Mark 9 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 9:1-8 – The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:14-21 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed

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Additional reading

1. When you believe Jesus is God, do you think he died?
2. When you believe Jesus is God: who do you think is the mediator? #2 Firstborn from the dead our advocate
3. The resurrected Lord

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Related

1. Aug 6, 2021: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (B)
2. Coming Down the Mountain
3. A Glimpse of Glory

Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:34-38 – Disown Self and Follow Constantly

Mark 8:34-38 – Disown Self and Follow Constantly

|| Matthew 16:24-28;[1] Luke 9:23-27

MK8:34 Now after he assembled the crowd, as well as his disciples, he said to them all: “Whoever wants to follow me must first renounce self,[2] and then shouldering a stake,[3] follow me. MK8:35 For whoever tries to preserve the soul will lose it. But, whoever loses the soul in my behalf and the Good News, the same person will preserve it. MK8:36 For what does it profit a person if the whole world is gained but the soul lost? MK8:37 Or, what would a person ever give in exchange for the soul?[4] [Psalm 49:8] MK8:38 So then, whoever is ashamed of me and my teachings among this adulterous and sinful generation the Son of Humankind [Daniel 7:13] will be ashamed when he returns in the glory of his Father[5] [Daniel 7:22] with the holy angels.”[6] [Zechariah 14:5]

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[1] Matthew 16:24-28: For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.

[2] First renounce self: Or, KJV: deny himself; WMS: say ‘No’ to self; PME: give up all right to himself.

[3] Stake: Or, cross. See notes elsewhere on STAUROO.

[4] Give in exchange for the soul: Possibly an echo of Psalm 49:8.

[5] When he ‘returns in the glory of his Father’: Or, comes, arrives. The Greek ELTHE means arrive and may imply “return.” The same word appears in the 3^rd Century BC Jewish Greek version of Daniel 7:22 which foretells the advent of Messiah in his Parousia as his Father’s representative.

[6] With the holy angels: Possibly an echo of Zechariah 14:5.

 

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Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:1-9 – 4000 Fed

Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:10-13 – Pharisees Seek Sign

Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:14-21 – Warning About Doctrinal Leaven

Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:22-26 – A Blind Man in Bethsaida

Mark 8 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Mark 8:27-33 – Death Foretold in Caesarea

Mark 8:27-29 Simon Peter said Jesus is the Messiah,the Son of The Living God!

Matthew 16:24-28 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: A Disciple Must Disown Self

Demanding signs or denying yourself

To follow Christ