Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 3].
concern Satan's casting out (\ekballei\, the very word used of
casting out demons) Satan (rhetorical question), a kingdom
divided (\meristh•i\, for a mere portion) against itself, a house
divided (\meristh•i\) against itself, two conditions of the third
class undetermined, but with prospect of determination.
3:27 {Spoil} (\diarpasai\). Plunder, compound verb, thoroughly
ransack. Picture of Satan plundering the demons, the very tools
(\skeu•\) by which he carried on his business. A _reductio ad
absurdum_. Jesus is the conqueror of Satan, not in league with
him.
3:29 {Guilty of an eternal sin} (\enochos estin ai•niou
hamart•matos\). The genitive of the penalty occurs here with
\enochos\. In saying that Jesus had an unclean spirit (verse
30) they had attributed to the devil the work of the Holy
Spirit. This is the unpardonable sin and it can be committed
today by men who call the work of Christ the work of the devil,
Nietzsche may be cited as an instance in point. Those who hope
for a second probation hereafter may ponder carefully how a soul
that eternally sins in such an environment can ever repent. That
is eternal punishment. The text here is \hamart•matos\ (sin), not
\krise•s\ (judgment), as the Textus Receptus has it.
3:31 {Standing without} (\ex• st•kontes\). A late present from
the perfect \hest•ka\. Pathetic picture of the mother and
brothers standing on the outside of the house thinking that Jesus
inside is beside himself and wanting to take him home. They were
crowded out. {They sent unto him, calling him} (\apesteilan pros
auton kalountes auton\). They were unwilling to disclose their
errand to take him home (Swete) and so get the crowd to pass word
unto Jesus on the inside, "calling him" through others. Some of
the MSS. add "sisters" to mother and brothers as seeking Jesus.
3:32 {Was sitting about him} (\ekath•to peri auton\). They sat in
a circle (\kukl•i\) around Jesus with the disciples forming a
sort of inner circle.
3:34 {Looking round on them} (\periblepsamenos\). Another of
Mark's life-like touches. Jesus calls those who do the will of
God his mother, brothers, and sisters. This does not prove that
the sisters were actually there. The brothers were hostile and
that gives point to the tragic words of Jesus. One's heart goes
out to Mary who has to go back home without even seeing her
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