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Marcos 10:21

21 Ug si Jesus, sa nagsud-ong siya kaniya, nahigugma kaniya ug miingon kaniya, "Kulang kag usa ka butang; lumakaw ka, ibaligya ang imong katigayonan ug ang halin ihatag ngadto sa mga kabus, ug makabaton kag bahandi didto sa langit, ug unya umanhi ka ug sumunod ka kanako."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Call;   Commandments;   Cross;   Jesus, the Christ;   Reward;   Rich, the;   Riches;   Righteous;   Self-Righteousness;   Temptation;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Cross-Bearing;   Decision;   Divine;   God;   Invitations, Divine;   Invitations-Warnings;   Moral Agents, Free;   One Thing;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Disciple;   Love;   Mark, gospel of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Salvation;   Wealth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Conflagration;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cross;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eternal Life;   Life;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cross;   Jesus Christ;   Judging;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Mss;   Perfection;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alms;   Almsgiving ;   Asceticism (2);   Attributes of Christ;   Authority of Christ;   Beauty;   Character;   Character of Christ;   Commandments;   Common Life;   Community of Goods;   Covetousness;   Dependence;   Discourse;   Endurance;   Ethics (2);   Gestures;   Graciousness;   Liberality;   Look ;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Mental Characteristics;   Nationality;   Parable;   Popularity ;   Poverty (2);   Preparation ;   Religion (2);   Religious Experience;   Retribution (2);   Self-Control;   Socialism;   Treasure;   Wealth (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abstinence;   Gesture;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Poor;   Salvation;   Self-Surrender;   Treasure;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 28;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for September 28;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

loved: Genesis 34:19, Isaiah 63:8-10, Luke 19:41, 2 Corinthians 12:15

One thing: Luke 10:42, Luke 18:22, James 2:10, Revelation 2:4, Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:20

sell: Proverbs 23:23, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 19:21, Luke 12:33, Acts 2:45, Acts 4:34-37

treasure: Matthew 6:19-21, Luke 16:9, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, Hebrews 10:34, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 Peter 1:5

take: Mark 8:34, Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:23, John 12:26, John 16:33, Romans 8:17, Romans 8:18, 2 Timothy 3:12

Reciprocal: Ruth 1:14 - Orpah Isaiah 48:14 - The Lord Matthew 10:38 - General Matthew 19:20 - what Luke 5:11 - they forsook Luke 14:27 - doth Luke 18:21 - General John 10:27 - and they John 19:17 - he Philippians 3:6 - touching James 1:4 - wanting 2 Peter 1:9 - lacketh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him,.... Not as God, with that special love, with which he loves his people, who were given him by the Father, are redeemed by his blood, whom he calls by his grace, justifies by his righteousness, forgives their iniquities, and, at last, glorifies: but as man, he had an human affection for him; so far as there was any appearance of moral good in him, it was agreeable to him, who loves righteousness, and hates iniquity; and though the young man betrayed much vanity, pride, and conceit, he did not use him roughly, but kindly, and tenderly; he beheld him, he looked wistly upon him, when he said the above words; which look intimated, that he could not believe he had perfectly, and completely kept all the commandments; however, he did not choose to reproach him with a lie, and charge him with pride and arrogance, but gave him good words, and spoke friendly to him; and, as far as he could, commended him for his diligence in observing the commands: in this sense the word is observed to be used by the Septuagint interpreters, as when it is said of Ahab, 2 Chronicles 18:2, that he "persuaded him" (Jehoshaphat), they render it, ηγαπα, "he loved him to go up to Ramoth Gilead": he gave him good words, he spake friendly to him, and by fair speeches prevailed upon him: and so when it said of the Israelites, Psalms 78:36; "they did flatter him", (God,) they render it, ηγαπησαν, "they loved him with their mouth"; spoke very well to him, and of him, praised him, and his works, and in this way expressed affection to him, though it was only with their mouths. Moreover, Christ might not only speak kindly to this young man, but he might make use of some external gesture: which showed an human affection to him, and respect for him. Dr, Lightfoot conjectures it might be by kissing his head, which might be conveniently done, as he was now on his knees; and since this was frequently used by the Jewish doctors, as an expression of respect, of which he gives various instances; and more might be added, especially out of the book of Zohar, where we often read of one Rabbi kissing the head or another, or of his pupil. But the sense of this phrase, which pleases me best of all, is what may be collected from the use of it among the "seventy" interpreters, who often render the Hebrew רחם, which signifies to "have compassion", or "show pity", by the word here used: so Proverbs 28:13, "whoso confesseth and forsaketh, shall have mercy", they interpret αγαπηθησεται, "shall be loved" and Hosea 2:23, "I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy", they render αγαπησω, "l will love her that was not beloved"; once more, Zechariah 10:6. "I will bring them again to place them, for I have mercy upon them", they translate οτι ηγαπησα αυτους, "because I have loved them"; see also Isaiah 60:10 and then, according to this use of the word, the sense is, that Jesus looked upon him when he expressed himself in such a pert manner, and had a compassionate concern for him; he pitied him for his ignorance of the law, in its spirituality and large extent; for his pride and vanity, his conceit of, and glorying in himself: wherefore, in order to mortify him, and abate these swelling thoughts of himself;

he said unto him, one thing thou lackest; before which last clause the Ethiopic version puts this, "if thou wilt be perfect", out of

Matthew 19:21, see the note there: and the Coptic version, and two of Stephens's copies read it before the following,

go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me. This young man's reigning sin seems to have been an overweening affection for the things of this world; his riches were his idol, on which his heart was set, and in which he trusted: wherefore he was so far from keeping all the commandments, that he had not kept the first; "thou shalt have no other gods before me": there was more than one thing wanting in him, but Christ takes notice of this as the first; and there was no need to mention any other; this touched him sensibly, and fully tried, and sufficiently exposed the vanity of his boasted perfection. That clause, "take up the cross", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, as it is not mentioned by Matthew. The Ethiopic version reads it, "the cross of thy death", and places it before, "come and follow me"; as do also the Syriac and Persic versions; but the Arabic reads it last of all;

Matthew 19:21- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16-30.

Mark 10:17

Gone forth - From the place where he had been teaching.

Into the way - Into the road or path on his journey.

Running - Thus showing the intensity with which he desired to know the way of life. Zeal to know the way to be saved is proper, nor is it possible that it should be too intense if well directed. Nothing else is so important, and nothing demands, therefore, so much effort and haste.

Mark 10:19

Defraud not - Do not take away your neighbor’s property by fraud or dishonesty. To “cheat” or “defraud,” supposes a covetous desire of a neighbor’s property, and is usually attended with “falsehood” or “false witness” against a neighbor in obtaining it. It is thus a violation of the ninth and tenth commandments; and our Saviour very properly, therefore, “condensed the two,” and expressed their substance in this - not to defraud. It is, besides, expressly forbidden in Leviticus 19:13; “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor.”

Mark 10:21

Jesus beholding him, loved him - What occurred afterward showed that the young man did not love the Saviour, or was not a true disciple; so that this expression denotes simply natural affection, or means that Jesus was pleased with his amiableness, his morality, and his “external” regard for the law of God. At the same time, this was entirely consistent with deep sorrow that he would not give his heart to God, and with deep abhorrence of such a love of the world as to blind the mind to the beauty of true religion, and to lead to the rejection of the Messiah and the destruction of the soul.

One thing thou lackest - When the young man came to Jesus he asked him, “What lack I yet?” Matthew 19:20. This “question” Mark has omitted, but he has retained the “answer.” The answer means, there is “one thing” yet wanting. Though all that you have said should be “true,” yet, to make the system complete, or to show that you “really” are disposed to keep the commands of God, go and sell your property. See whether you love “God” more than you do your “wealth.” By doing that you will show that your love of God is supreme; that your obedience is not merely “external” and “formal,” but “sincere” and “real;” the thing now “lacking” will be made up.

Mark 10:24

Children - An expression of affection, perhaps also implying a reproof that their slowness of understanding was like that of children. When they should have seen at once the truth of what he said, they were slow to learn it. It became necessary, therefore, to “repeat” what he had said.

How hard - With how much difficulty.

Mark 10:26

Out of measure - Very much, or exceedingly. The Greek means no more than this.

Mark 10:30

An hundred-fold - One hundred times as much.

In this time - In this life. In the time that he forsakes all.

Houses ... - This cannot be taken literally, as promising a hundred times as many “mothers, sisters,” etc. It means, evidently, that the loss shall be a hundred times “compensated” or made up; or that, in the possession of religion, we have a hundred times the “value” of all we forsake. This consists in the pardon of sin, in the favor of God, in peace of conscience, in support in trials and in death, and in raising up “friends” in the place of those who are left - “spiritual brethren, and sisters, and mothers,” etc. And this corresponds to the experience of all who ever became Christians. At the same time. it is true that godliness is profitable “for all things,” having the promise of the life that is, as well as of that which is to come. See the notes at 1 Timothy 4:8. “The favor of God” is the security for every blessing. Obedience to his law secures industry, temperance, chastity, economy, prudence, health, and the confidence of the world - all indispensable to success in life, and all connected. commonly, with success. Though the wicked “sometimes” prosper, yet the “surest” way of prosperity is to fear God and keep his commandments. Thus will all “needed” blessings descend on us “here,” and “eternal” blessings hereafter.

With persecutions - Persecutions, or the contempt of the world, and bodily sufferings on account of their religion, they “must” meet. Jesus did not conceal this; but he consoled them. He assured them that “amid” these, or perhaps it should be rendered “after” these, they should find friends and comfort. It is well to bear trial if “God” be our Friend. With the promises of the Bible in our hand, we may hail persecutions, and thank God that, amid so many sorrows, he has furnished such abundant consolations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Then Jesus, beholding himLooking earnestly, εμβλεψας, or affectionately upon him, loved him, because of his youth, his earnestness, and his sincerity.

One thing thou lackest — What was that? A heart disengaged from the world, and a complete renunciation of it and its concerns, that he might become a proper and successful labourer in the Lord's vineyard. See Matthew 19:21. To say that it was something else he lacked, when Christ explains here his own meaning, is to be wise above what is written.


 
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