Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Commentaries
Bell's Commentary on the Bible Bell's Commentary
Copyright Statement
These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
Bibliographical Information
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Mark 16". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cbb/mark-16.html. 2017.
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Mark 16". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
Whole Bible (47)New Testament (16)Gospels Only (7)Individual Books (13)
Verses 1-8
About 0200 hours a young midwesterner, Signalman 3rd Class Elgin Staples, was swept overboard by the blast when the Astoria’s number one eight-inch gun turret exploded. Wounded in both legs by shrapnel and in semi-shock, he was kept afloat by a narrow lifebelt that he managed to activate with a simple trigger mechanism.
At around 0600 hours, Staples was rescued by a passing destroyer and returned to the Astoria, whose captain was attempting to save the cruiser by beaching her. The effort failed, and Staples, still wearing the same lifebelt, found himself back in the water. It was lunchtime. Picked up again, this time by the USS President Jackson (AP-37), he was one of 500 survivors ofthe battle who were evacuated to Noumea.
On board the transport Staples, for the first time, closely examined the lifebelt that had served him so well. It had been manufactured by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, and bore a registration number.
Given home leave, Staples told his story and asked his mother, who worked for Firestone, about the purpose of the number on the belt. She replied that the company insisted on personal responsibility for the war effort, and that the number was unique and assigned to only one inspector. Staples remembered everything about the lifebelt, and quoted the number.
It was his mother’s personal code and affixed to every item she was responsible for approving. (Adapted from Kent Hughes, Hebrews, pg.168,169. Commander Eric J. Berryman,“Strange Things Happen at Sea”,Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, June 1989, Vol. 115/6/1036, p. 48.)
Verses 1-8
About 0200 hours a young midwesterner, Signalman 3rd Class Elgin Staples, was swept overboard by the blast when the Astoria’s number one eight-inch gun turret exploded. Wounded in both legs by shrapnel and in semi-shock, he was kept afloat by a narrow lifebelt that he managed to activate with a simple trigger mechanism.
At around 0600 hours, Staples was rescued by a passing destroyer and returned to the Astoria, whose captain was attempting to save the cruiser by beaching her. The effort failed, and Staples, still wearing the same lifebelt, found himself back in the water. It was lunchtime. Picked up again, this time by the USS President Jackson (AP-37), he was one of 500 survivors ofthe battle who were evacuated to Noumea.
On board the transport Staples, for the first time, closely examined the lifebelt that had served him so well. It had been manufactured by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, and bore a registration number.
Given home leave, Staples told his story and asked his mother, who worked for Firestone, about the purpose of the number on the belt. She replied that the company insisted on personal responsibility for the war effort, and that the number was unique and assigned to only one inspector. Staples remembered everything about the lifebelt, and quoted the number.
It was his mother’s personal code and affixed to every item she was responsible for approving. (Adapted from Kent Hughes, Hebrews, pg.168,169. Commander Eric J. Berryman,“Strange Things Happen at Sea”,Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, June 1989, Vol. 115/6/1036, p. 48.)
Verses 9-11
Verses 9-11
Verses 12-20
Lord, I have heart trouble [I’m preoccupied w/my own interests &have no room for compassion 4 others]
I have eye trouble [I don’t see the world w/Your eyes]
I have head trouble [I’m waiting till everything makes perfect sense in my mind] I have knee trouble [I play at prayer]
I have ear trouble [Lord you call, but often…I don’t listen]
Verses 12-20
Lord, I have heart trouble [I’m preoccupied w/my own interests &have no room for compassion 4 others]
I have eye trouble [I don’t see the world w/Your eyes]
I have head trouble [I’m waiting till everything makes perfect sense in my mind] I have knee trouble [I play at prayer]
I have ear trouble [Lord you call, but often…I don’t listen]