Mark 1:1 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
§ 15. MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, Mar 1:1-8 .
1. The beginning of the gospel This phrase is equivalent to the liturgical phrase, “Here beginneth” the Gospel of Jesus. And hence it forms a sort of title to the book; or, at least, is a formula used to indicate that the complete work from the beginning, and not a fragment, is in hand.
Jesus Mark not only commences in the very midst of the Gospel events, but introduces the names of Jesus and of John as familiar to his readers.
The impression produced is, that he undertakes to make a record and memorial of facts known in the general to his immediate readers. Son of God Though Mark gives no account of the miraculous birth of Jesus, which is so largely furnished by Matthew, yet the very title Son of God implies that he knew and recognized the truth of that great fact. From this and many more such instances, we infer that each evangelist selects for his Gospel a comparatively small number of facts from the abundance of his knowledge. The omission of a fact by an evangelist does not prove his unacquaintance with it.
Mark omits the account of the birth of John the Baptist; of the miraculous conception and birth of Jesus; of the Magi; of the shepherds, the murder of the infants, and the flight into Egypt; together with all account of the pedigree, parentage, and childhood of Jesus. He gives few discourses of Jesus, and states no doctrine of himself. What he does give is a brief and rapid narration of the actions and official life of our Saviour.
Consult other comments:
Mark 1:1 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 1:1 - The Greek Testament
Mark 1:1 - Barclay Daily Study Bible
Mark 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mark 1:1 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Mark 1:1 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 1:1 - B.H. Carroll's An Interpretation of the English Bible
Mark 1:1 - Through the Bible Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mark 1:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Mark 1:1 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 1:1 - James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:1 - John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Mr. D's Notes on Selected New Testament Books by Stanley Derickson
Mark 1:1 - Expositors Bible Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:1 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Mark 1:1 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Mark 1:1 - Expositor's Dictionary of Text by Robertson
Mark 1:1 - F. B. Hole's Old and New Testaments Commentary
Mark 1:1 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (Commentary)
Mark 1:1 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 1:1 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Mark 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 1:1 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 1:1 - The Great Texts of the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 1:1 - Smith's Writings on 24 Books of the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Mark 1:1 - International Critical Commentary New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 1:1 - Commentaries on the New Testament and Prophets
Mark 1:1 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Mark 1:1 - The Gospel According to St. Mark: A Devotional Commentary
Mark 1:1 - William Kelly Major Works (New Testament)
Mark 1:1 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Mark 1:1 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Mark 1:1 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Mark 1:1 - Neighbour's Wells of Living Water
Mark 1:1 - Expositions Of Holy Scripture by Alexander MacLaren
Mark 1:1 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Mark 1:1 - An Exposition on the Whole Bible
Mark 1:1 - Church Pulpit Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Grant's Numerical Bible Notes and Commentary
Mark 1:1 - The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Mark 1:1 - Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 1:1 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 1:1 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Mark 1:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Mark 1:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
Mark 1:1 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Mark 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mark 1:1 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:1 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 1:1 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Mark 1:1 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Mark 1:1 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).