Category Archives: Commentary

Mark 5:21-43

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Healing of the Ruler’s Daughter: 2nd Dispensational Outline Mark 5:21-43     The Ruler’s Plight: Israel’s Condition at the First Coming of Christ (5:21-23) 21 And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea. 22 And behold […]

Luke 19:45 – 20:47

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Religious Opposition in the Temple Luke 19:45 – 20:47     The Cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem (19:45-46) 45 And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it, 46 saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye […]

Luke 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Galilean Ministry: Grace and Truth Luke 4:1 – 9:50   O U T L I N E – Galilean Ministry: Grace and Truth Luke 4:1 – 9:50 – Preparation and Early Ministry: A Ministry of Grace Luke 4 – The Intersection of Grace with Law Luke 5:1 – 6:11 – The Principles of […]

Luke 21

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Fate of the Temple and Jerusalem Luke 21     Commendation of the Widow’s Sincerity (Two Mites) (21:1-4) CHAPTER 21 1 And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury; 2 but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites. 3 And he said, […]

Mark 16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Resurrection, Appearances, and Ascension Mark 16   Christ’s Resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is vital to Christianity because it is the proof that our sins are gone, and that God is satisfied with the work of Calvary. The Lord rose bodily from the dead, not merely in spirit, as some have taught through […]

Mark 4:35 – 5:20

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   First Visit to the Gadarenes: Picture of Millennial Blessing Mark 4:35 – 5:20     First Calming of the Storm on the Passage to the Gadarenes (4:35-41) 35 And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them, Let us go over to the other side: 36 and having sent away […]

Luke 5:1 – 6:11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Grace Coming to Meet the Sinner’s Need in Contrast with Law Luke 5:1 – 6:11   Luke 5.     The Conversion of Simon Peter (5:1-11) This would appear to be the same instance at we have in Matthew 4 and Mark 1, only Luke brings our more details as in characteristic of […]

Mark 4:1-34

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Teaching on the Kingdom of God: Picture of Christianity Mark 4:1-34     The Parable of the Sower and It’s Explanation (4:1-20) CHAPTER 4 1 And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the […]

Luke 15

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   God’s Grace Contrasted with Man’s Self-righteousness Luke 15     Parable of the Lost Sheep (15:1-7) CHAPTER 15 1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him; 2 and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them. 3 And […]

Ecclesiastes 5:8 – 6:12

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Advice on Financial Matters Ecclesiastes 5:8 – 6:12     The Oppression of the Poor: Everyone is Accountable (5:8-9) 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there […]

Luke 12:1 – 13:9

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Disciples Encouraged as a Testimony in the World Luke 12:1 – 13:9     Instructions About Hypocrisy and Confession (12:1-11) The Leaven of the Pharisees: Hypocrisy (vv.1-3) CHAPTER 12 1 In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say […]

Mark 9:14-50

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Lessons for the Disciples in Service Mark 9:14-50     Dependence and Self-Denial in Service (9:14-29) The Disciples Unable to Cast the Spirit Out (vv.14-20) 14 And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them. 15 And immediately all the crowd seeing him […]

Luke 3:23-38

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Genealogy of Jesus: From Mary to Adam Luke 3:23-38     23 And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli, 24 of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, 25 of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of […]

2 Kings 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Grace Working in Spite of Pride: Naaman the Leper 2 Kings 5     CHAPTER 5 1 And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of […]

Luke 19:28-44

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Judean Ministry Luke 19:28 – 21:38   O U T L I N E – Judean Ministry Luke 19:28 – 21:38 – The Last Presentation of the Kingdom Luke 19:28-44 – Religious Opposition in the Temple Luke 19:45 – 20:47 – The Fate of the Temple and Jerusalem Luke 21   The Last […]

Mark 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Journey to Jerusalem: Principles of Service Mark 10     Having God’s Thoughts: the Question of Divorce (10:1-12) CHAPTER 10 1 And rising up thence he comes into the coasts of Judaea, and the other side of the Jordan. And again crowds come together to him, and, as he was accustomed, again he […]

Luke 22:1-53

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Luke 22 – 24   O U T L I N E – The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Luke 22 – 24 – Events Preceding the Death of Jesus Luke 22:1-53 – The Trials of Jesus Luke 22:54 – 23:25 – The Death of Jesus Luke […]

Ecclesiastes 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Advice on Social Matters Ecclesiastes 4     The Vanity of Living in a State of Oppression (4:1-3) CHAPTER 4 1 And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their […]

Mark 15:16-47

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Death of Christ Mark 15:16-47     Abuse from the Whole Band of Soldiers (15:16-20) 16 And the soldiers led him away into the court which is called the praetorium, and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of […]

2 Kings 9 – 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Jehu: King of Israel Judgment On Jezebel’s Dynasty 2 Kings 9 – 10         CHAPTER 9 1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead. […]