See note Mark 1:21². So for this verb throughout this chapter.

See note Mark 1:23¹.

See note Mark 1:14^2b.

Or, to.

Lit., go out from there.

A shirt-like undergarment. So throughout the book.

See note Matt. 10:9¹.

See note Mark 1:22¹ and note Matt. 10:1².

See note Mark 1:31¹. So for this verb throughout this chapter.

See note Matt. 13:58¹.

See note Matt. 13:55¹. The blind despisers' word here may be considered a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isa. 53:2-3 concerning the Slave-Savior: "As a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men." To know Him in that way was to know Him in His humanity according to the flesh (2 Cor. 5:16), not in His deity according to the Spirit (Rom. 1:4). In His humanity He was a root out of dry ground, a twig out of the stem of Jesse and a Branch out of his roots (Isa. 11:1), a Branch unto David (Jer. 23:5; 33:15), the Branch who was a man and the Servant of Jehovah (Zech. 3:8; 6:12), One who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh (Rom. 1:3). In His deity He was the Shoot of Jehovah for beauty and glory (Isa. 4:2), the Son of God marked out in power according to the Spirit (Rom. 1:4).

I.e., are operating and are being manifested.

This indicates Satan's hatred, expressed by the darkness and injustice of the worldly power, toward the faithful forerunner of the Slave-Savior. See note Matt. 14:10¹.

See note Mark. 3:20^2b.

For vv. 32-44, see notes in Matt. 14:13-21.

This exhibited the Slave-Savior's virtue in His humanity. Such virtue was carried out by the power of His deity (cf. note Mark 6:43¹). The virtue in His humanity and the power of His deity were mingled as one, showing that He is both man and God.

This not only displayed the power of the Slave-Savior's deity as the Creator, who calls things not being as being (Rom. 4:17), but also signifies the bountiful and inexhaustible supply of His divine life (Eph. 3:8; Phil. 1:19).

See note Matt. 9:20^4b and note Mark 5:30^1a.

Or, made whole. See note Mark 5:28¹.

For vv. 45-51, see notes in Matt. 14:22-32.

See note Mark 1:35^1b.

See note John 6:7¹.

The Greek phrase denotes dividing into companies at a party. Sitting by companies was equivalent to sitting at tables. This figure implies that the Lord's feeding of the multitude with bread and fish was like the spreading of a feast to entertain guests.

Lit., garden plot by garden plot. Here, the arrangement of plots in a garden refers figuratively to a group of people arranged in an orderly way. The groups of people sat down in well-ordered square plots, so that they looked like flowering plants arranged in plots in a garden. This figure implies that those who are fed by the Lord are like fragrant, beautiful flower beds (S.S. 5:13; 6:2).

In Mark 4:38 the Slave-Savior was sleeping in a boat that was being beaten by a windstorm that threatened His followers. Here, He was walking on the sea while His followers, as they rowed, were distressed by the waves of the sea. These incidents indicate that the Slave-Savior, as the Creator and Ruler of the universe (Job 9:8), was not distressed by any circumstance and that He would care for His followers in their troubles while they followed Him in their journey.

Lit., I am.