The two disciples made their preparations, returned to Bethany, and later the whole company came in together. The simple meal, consisting of the Passover lamb, unleavened cakes, bitter herbs, and wine, proceeded in the usual way, interspersed with the singing of the Hallel, Psalms 113:1-9; Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29. How well it is when we do not need the accusation, "Thou art the man," because we utter the inquiry, Is it I? Those whose hearts misgive them are not likely to commit the deed of treachery. At the institution of the Lord's Supper, Mark 14:22-25, Jesus gave thanks for the bread and the wine, Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24. We must understand His words in Mark 14:22 in the same sense as when He says, "I am the door of the sheep." Those who receive the outward elements worthily partake, at the same time, spiritually of the things which they signify. Let us never fail to remember at the Lord's Supper, that it is the sign and seal of the new covenant into which God has entered with Christ on our behalf. See Hebrews 8:1-13. For Mark 14:27 compare Zechariah 13:7. The energy of our own resolution is not enough to carry us through the supreme ordeals of trial. We need the Holy Spirit for that. Mark alone mentions the warning of the double cockcrow. [source]
Chapter Summary: Mark 14
1A conspiracy against Jesus 3Expensive perfume is poured on his head by a woman 10Judas sells his Master for money 12Jesus himself foretells how he will be betrayed by one of his disciples; 22after the passover prepared, and eaten, institutes his last supper; 26declares beforehand the flight of all his disciples, and Peter's denial 43Judas betrays him with a kiss 46Jesus is apprehended in the garden; 53falsely accused and impiously condemned of the council; 65shamefully abused by them; 66and thrice denied by Peter
Greek Commentary for Mark 14:29
Yet will not I [αλλ ουκ εγω] Mark records here Peter‘s boast of loyalty even though all desert him. All the Gospels tell it. See discussion on Matthew 26:33. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 14:29
John 21:15Lovest thou me more than these? [αγαπαις με πλεον τουτων] Ablative case of comparison τουτων toutōn (disciples) after πλεον pleon Peter had even boasted that he would stand by Christ though all men forsook him (Mark 14:29). We do not know what passed between Jesus and Peter when Jesus first appeared to him (Luke 24:34). But here Christ probes the inmost recesses of Peter‘s heart to secure the humility necessary for service. I love thee Peter makes no claim here to superior love and passes by the “more than these” and does not even use Christ‘s word αγαπαω agapaō for high and devoted love, but the humbler word πιλεω phileō for love as a friend. He insists that Christ knows this in spite of his conduct. Feed my lambs For the old word βοσκω boskō (to feed as a herdsman) see Matthew 8:33. Present active imperative here. Αρνια Arnia is a diminutive of αρνος arnos (lamb). [source]
What do the individual words in Mark 14:29 mean?
-AndPeterwas sayingto HimIfevenallwill fall awayyetnotI
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Root: σκανδαλίζω
Sense: to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend.
Greek Commentary for Mark 14:29
Mark records here Peter‘s boast of loyalty even though all desert him. All the Gospels tell it. See discussion on Matthew 26:33. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 14:29
Ablative case of comparison τουτων toutōn (disciples) after πλεον pleon Peter had even boasted that he would stand by Christ though all men forsook him (Mark 14:29). We do not know what passed between Jesus and Peter when Jesus first appeared to him (Luke 24:34). But here Christ probes the inmost recesses of Peter‘s heart to secure the humility necessary for service. I love thee Peter makes no claim here to superior love and passes by the “more than these” and does not even use Christ‘s word αγαπαω agapaō for high and devoted love, but the humbler word πιλεω phileō for love as a friend. He insists that Christ knows this in spite of his conduct. Feed my lambs For the old word βοσκω boskō (to feed as a herdsman) see Matthew 8:33. Present active imperative here. Αρνια Arnia is a diminutive of αρνος arnos (lamb). [source]