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Mark
Chapter
1
{The
Ministry of John the Baptist}
1:1``The
beginning of the gospel/'good news' {euaggelion}
of
Jesus Christ . . . Son of God {huios - Theos}.
1:2-3``
Just as {kathos}
it
has been written - in the past with results that last forever -
{grapho - perfect 'completed action in the past' tense}
in
Isaiah the prophet {Isaiah 40:3 with Malachi 3:1},
Behold
{idou - means 'pay attention!'}
"I
am 'sending on a mission under my authority' {apostello}
my
messenger {aggelos}
{aggelos - this is the word from which we get 'angel' - an angel is
a 'messenger from God'
it refers here to John the 'Baptist' - but John the Herald is more
accurate since his main job was to be the Herald to the coming of the
King of Kings - Jesus Christ}
'before/'ahead
of' You {Jesus},
who
{John} will prepare Your {Jesus'} Way . . . 1:3``
the
voice of one calling out in the desert/'uninhabited areas' {eremos}
. . .
'Prepare
the Way of the Lord {an order},
make
His paths straight.'"
1:4``There
arose John, the one who baptizes,
in
the desert/'uninhabited areas' {eremos}
heralding/preaching
{kerusso - to announce the arrival of a King}
a
baptism of repentance/'change of mind' {metanoia}
{metanoia - does NOT mean to 'be sorry' - it means 'to change your
mental attitude and conduct'}
for
the 'remission of the penalty' {aphesis} of sins {hamartia}.
{Note:
All your personal sins were never imputed to you and judged.
Instead, they were all imputed to Jesus Christ as your substitute and
judged on the cross. Instead you were born with the 'sin of the
father' - Adam's sin was passed down from father to child throughout
history. So, you were born condemned and spiritually dead. When you
are saved by faith, the sin of the father in you is forgiven and you
receive many things from God, starting with the imputation of His righteousness.}
{John
- As John the One Who Baptizes}
1:5``And
there kept on coming out {ekporeuomai}
face
to face with him {John the Herald}
all
{the inhabitants} of the land of Judea and Jerusalem
and
all kept on being baptized
by
him {John the Baptist} in the Jordan River,
as
they were confessing their sins.
1:6``And
there was this John
clothed
habitually in a garment made of camel's hair
and/with
a leather belt around his waist/loins.
And
he customarily ate locusts and wild honey.
{John
- As John the Herald of the King of Kings}
1:7``And,
he {John} continually heralded/proclaimed {kerusso} saying,
"There
comes after me . . . the One {Jesus Christ}
who
is 'mightier in mind and body' {ischuros} than I.
The
thong of Whose sandals
I
am not worthy to bend down and untie.
1:8``As
for myself {John}, I baptize you with water.
But
He {Jesus} will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
{Note:
Baptizo means ' to be identified with'. The ritual of water baptism
means that you understand and accept Who and What He is. You
voluntarily desire to be associated with Him. The 'dry baptism' of
God the Holy Spirit, is the baptism that saves. In the Church Age,
all believers in Jesus Christ are permanently indwelled with God the
Holy Spirit at the point of salvation. This is not something you
'feel'. It is something that occurs. And, since you did not earn or
deserve salvation, you also can do nothing to lose this salvation. It
is a permanent gift of God.}
1:9``And
it came to pass {kai ginomai - introduces a new subject}
in
those days . . . Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
and
was baptized by John in the Jordan {River}.
{Note:
This was a completely unique baptism. Jesus was without sin. He did
not need to 'recognize' He was a sinner who needed a redeemer.
Instead, as the redeemer, He here is voluntarily being identified
with the plan of God. He is demonstrating that He will go to the
cross of His own free will.}
1:10``And
immediately { euthetos}
as
He was coming up out of the water,
He
{Jesus} saw the heavens splitting apart
and
the Spirit { pneuma} . . .
descending
like a dove . . .
'into'
{eis} Him.
{Note:
In the 1st incarnation of Jesus Christ, He voluntarily set aside the
attributes of His own deity. Instead, He will operate under the power
of the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit. This is important because
this is now the power that all believers in the Church Age operate!
He gave us a 'prototype' of God's Righteous Way to life. Now we have
the More Excellent Way of Jesus Christ' to imitate! And, pay
attention to the fact that 'eis' means 'into' - instead of 'epi'
which would mean 'on'. This is the first case of the indwelling of
God the Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament, certain ones had 'God WITH
them' - and they could lose this (as David prayed 'take not Your
Spirit from me'). That RBT calls a temporary 'enduement'. Now
believers are permanently INdwelled. }
1:11``And
a voice came 'out from within' {ek} heaven,
"
'As for You in contradistinction to all others' {su} . . .
You
keep on being . . . My Son { huios} . . .
the
Beloved One {agapetos}.
In
You {Jesus} . . . I am well pleased."
{Note:
Ek here tells us that heaven is a physical place. It has boundaries.
His voice came out from within heaven.}
1:12``And
immediately, the Spirit
'threw
out'/'cast out'/'expelled {ekballo}
Him
into the desert/'uninhabited areas' {eremos}
{Note:
Matthew uses 'anago' for 'was led up' and Luke uses 'agao' for 'was
lead'. But Mark uses the stronger 'ekballo' indicating the reality of
His thinking. Jesus was concentrating hard on all the doctrine He had
learned and would need in His confrontation with and temptations by
Satan. Wuest says 'this is not the expression of unwillingness to go
. . . but intense preoccupation of mind."}
1:13``And,
He Jesus} kept on being
in
the desert/'uninhabited areas' {eremos}
forty
days . . . being constantly tempted {peirazo} by Satan.
And,
He was with the 'wild animals' {therion}.
{may represent 'armies of fallen angels'}
And
the angels were constantly ministering {diakoneo} to Him/'His needs'.
{Note:
Wuest indicates that bible expositors have suggested that 'therion'
is to indicate how uninhabited this area is. But, in Revelation
Chapters 11-19, 'therion' is also the Greek word used to represent
the 'Beast Dictator' and for angelic leaders of armies of fallen
angels. It seems that this makes more sense here. We know that Satan
was here. We know that elect angels were also here. It makes sense
that Satan's army of fallen angels were also here.}
{Note:
Diakoneo is the word from which we get 'deacon'. It means to serve
or to minister to another.}
1:14-15``Now
after John was 'put in prison'/'betrayed over' {paradidomi},
Jesus
went into Galilee
'making
a public proclamation'/heralding {kerusso}
the
gospel/'good news' {euaggelion} of God 1:15``
and
saying, "The time
'has
been fulfilled in the past with results that last forever' { pleroo
- perfect tense}
and
the kingdom {plan} of God is near.
Be
'having a change of mind regarding your former life'/repenting
{metanoeo - the more emotional form of 'repent' (homologeo is the
objective version of repent)}
and
'be putting your faith in'/believe {a command} the gospel/'good news'!"
1:16``Now,
while He {Jesus} 'was walking'
{peripateo - means to walk along or, spiritually to 'Walk in the
righteous Way of God' - both apply here}
along
the Sea of Galilee,
He
saw Simon {later to be renamed 'Petros'/Peter (little chip) by
Jesus} . . .
and
Andrew . . . Simon's brother,
casting
{ballo} a net into the sea . . . for they were fishermen.
1:17``And,
Jesus said to them,
"Come
{deute} . . . after Me,
"and
I will make to become fishers of men/mankind
{anthropos - the generic word for people of both sexes}."
1:18``And,
immediately, having put off their nets,
they
'followed as a student/disciple' {akoloutheo} Him.
1:19``And,
going on a little farther,
He
{Jesus} saw James . . . {the son} of Zebedee,
and
John, his brother,
who
were also in their boats . . . mending nets.
{Note:
The apostles James and John were the sons of Zebedee and their
mother Salome. They were also called the 'sons of thunder' apparently
because of huge speaking voices. James was an early martyr of the
church. John wrote the epistle of John, John I, II and III and the
book of Revelation (the book of James was written by the half-brother
of Jesus - James - who became a believer AFTER the resurrection and
ruled the assembly of believers in Jerusalem - so that James is NOT
the James mentioned here).}
1:20``And,
immediately He {Jesus} called {kaleo} them,
and
having left their father, Zebedee,
in
the boat with the hired men,
they
went off after Him {Jesus}.
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