Expositions of Holy Scripture

Alexander Maclaren
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Title: Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark
Author: Alexander Maclaren
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EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ST. MARK
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.

CONTENTS
WHAT 'THE GOSPEL' IS (Mark i. 1)
THE STRONG FORERUNNER AND THE STRONGER SON (Mark i. 1-11)
MIGHTY IN WORD AND DEED (Mark i. 21-34)
HEALING AND SERVICE (Mark i. 30, 31, R.V.)
A PARABLE IN A MIRACLE (Mark i. 40-42)
CHRIST'S TOUCH (Mark i. 41)
CHRIST'S AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE (Mark ii. 1-12)
THE PUBLICANS' FRIEND (Mark ii. 13-22)
THE SECRET OF GLADNESS (Mark ii. 19)
WORKS WHICH HALLOW THE SABBATH (Mark ii. 23-28; iii. 1-5)
THE ANGER AND GRIEF OF JESUS (Mark iii. 5)
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST (Mark iii. 6-19)
'HE IS BESIDE HIMSELF' (Mark iii. 21)
THE MISTAKES OF CHRIST'S FOES AND FRIENDS (Mark iii. 22-35)
CHRIST'S KINDRED (Mark iii. 31-35)
CHRIST'S RELATIONS (Mark iii. 35)
FOUR SOILS FOR ONE SEED (Mark iv. 10-20)
LAMPS AND BUSHELS (Mark iv. 21)
THE STORM STILLED (Mark iv. 35-41)
THE TOILING CHRIST (Mark iv. 36, 38)
THE LORD OF DEMONS (Mark v. 1-20)
A REFUSED REQUEST (Mark v. 18,19)
TALITHA CUMI (Mark v. 22-24, 35-43)
THE POWER OF FEEBLE FAITH (Mark v. 25, 27, 28)
TOUCH OR FAITH? (Mark v. 28, 34)
THE LOOKS OF JESUS (Mark v. 32)
THE MASTER REJECTED: THE SERVANTS SENT FORTH (Mark vi. 1-13)
CHRIST THWARTED (Mark vi. 5, 6)
HEROD--A STARTLED CONSCIENCE (Mark vi. 16)
THE MARTYRDOM OF JOHN (Mark vi. 17-28)
THE WORLD'S BREAD (Mark vi. 30-44)
CHILDREN AND LITTLE DOGS (Mark vii. 24-30)
THE PATTERN OF SERVICE (Mark vii. 33, 34)
THE PATIENT TEACHER AND THE SLOW SCHOLARS (Mark viii. 17, 18)
THE RELIGIOUS USES OF MEMORY (Mark viii. 18)
THE GRADUAL HEALING OF THE BLIND MAN (Mark viii. 22-25)
CHRIST'S CROSS, AND OURS (Mark viii. 27--ix. 1)
THE TRANSFIGURATION (Mark ix. 2-13)
'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON: HEAR HIM' (Mark ix. 7)
JESUS ONLY (Mark ix. 8)
CHRIST'S LAMENT OVER OUR FAITHLESSNESS (Mark ix. 19)
THE OMNIPOTENCE OF FAITH (Mark ix. 23)
UNBELIEVING BELIEF (Mark ix. 24)
RECEIVING AND FORBIDDING (Mark ix. 33-42)
AN UNANSWERED QUESTION (Mark ix. 33)
SALTED WITH FIRE (Mark ix. 49)
'SALT IN YOURSELVES' (Mark ix. 50)
CHILDREN AND CHILDLIKE MEN (Mark x. 13-15)
ALMOST A DISCIPLE. (Mark x. 17-27)
CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO THE CROSS (Mark x.32)
DIGNITY AND SERVICE (Mark x. 35-45)
BARTIMAEUS (Mark x. 46)
AN EAGER COMING (Mark x. 50)
LOVE'S QUESTION (Mark x. 51; Acts ix. 6)
A ROYAL PROGRESS (Mark xi. 2)
CHRIST'S NEED OF US AND OURS (Mark xi. 3)
NOTHING BUT LEAVES (Mark xi. 13, 14)
DISHONEST TENANTS (Mark xii. 1-12)
GOD'S LAST ARROW (Mark xii. 6)
NOT FAR AND NOT IN (Mark xii. 34)
THE CREDULITY OF UNBELIEF (Mark xiii. 6; Luke xviii, 8)
AUTHORITY AND WORK (Mark xiii. 34)
THE ALABASTER BOX (Mark xiv. 6-9)
A SECRET RENDEZVOUS (Mark xiv. 12-16)
THE NEW PASSOVER (Mark xiv. 12-26)
'Is IT I?' (Mark xiv. 19)
'STRONG CRYING AND TEARS' (Mark xiv. 32-42)
THE SLEEPING APOSTLE (Mark xiv. 37)
THE CAPTIVE CHRIST AND THE CIRCLE ROUND HIM (Mark xiv. 43-54)
THE CONDEMNATION WHICH CONDEMNS THE JUDGES (Mark xiv. 55-65)
CHRIST AND PILATE; THE TRUE KING AND HIS COUNTERFEIT (Mark xv. 1-20)
THE DEATH WHICH GIVES LIFE (Mark xv. 21-39)
SIMON THE CYRENIAN (Mark xv. 21)
THE INCREDULOUS DISCIPLES (Mark xvi. 1-13)
PERPETUAL YOUTH (Mark xvi. 5)
THE FIRST PREACHING OF THE RESURRECTION (Mark xvi. 5, 6)
LOVE'S TRIUMPH OVER SIN (Mark xvi. 7)
'FIRST TO MARY' (Mark xvi. 9)
THE WORLD-WIDE COMMISSION (Mark xvi. 15)
THE ENTHRONED CHRIST (Mark xvi. 19)

WHAT 'THE GOSPEL' IS
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.--Mark i. 1
My purpose now is to point out some of the various connections in which the New Testament uses that familiar phrase, 'the gospel,' and briefly to gather some of the important thoughts which these suggest. Possibly the process may help to restore freshness to a word so well worn that it slips over our tongues almost unnoticed and excites little thought.
The history of the word in the New Testament books
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