Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
Volume 2: Mark
Weight | 1.06 lbs |
---|---|
Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 0.8 in |
ISBN | 9781848711297 |
Binding | Cloth-bound, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Cloth-bound & eBook (ePub & Kindle) |
Topic | No topic listed |
Original Pub Date | 1857 |
Banner Pub Date | Jul 1, 2012 |
Page Count | 352 |
Scripture | Mark |
Format | Book |
Set | Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (Clothbound) |
Book Description
If the best way to understand the Christian faith is to read the Gospels, then the next most important books to read must be those which aid in the understanding of those Gospels. This is the aim of Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.
First published in 1857, Mark was the second book to appear in J. C. Ryle’s series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.
The earliest of the Gospel narratives to be written, Mark, says Ryle, ‘is singularly full of precious facts about the Lord Jesus, narrated in a simple, terse, pithy, and condensed style’. Those last four adjectives could well be used to describe Ryle’s own comments on the Gospel!
In one of the occasional explanatory notes, he quotes the following remarks of Rudolf Stier:
St Mark has the special gift of terse brevity, and of graphic painting in wonderful combination. While on every occasion he compresses the discourses, works, and history into the simplest possible kernel, he on the other hand, unfolds the scenes more clearly than St Matthew does, who excels in the discourses. Not only do single incidents become in his hands complete pictures, but even when he is very brief, he often gives, with one pencil stroke, something new and peculiarly his own.
These Expository Thoughts on Mark do full justice to such an inspired text, and are full of encouragement, wisdom and straightforward practical application. May they continue to fulfil Ryle’s desire to lead the reader ‘to Christ and faith in him, to repentance and holiness, to the Bible and to prayer.’
Reprinted in fresh, new format Expository Thoughts will bring Ryle’s plain yet profound insights to a new generation.
Key Features
- A rich combination of doctrinal and practical comment on the Gospel text
- Excellent as a help in family worship, an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion in your private reading of Scripture
- Plain yet profound and compelling insights
- Reprinted in a fresh, new format (modern typeset)
- Quality cloth-bound and Smyth-sewn; made to last for generations
Table of Contents Expand ↓
1:1-8 | The gospel begun by John the Baptist’s ministry | 1 |
1:9-20 | Christ’s baptism, temptation, and calling of his first disciples | 5 |
1:21-34 | An unclean spirit cast out—Peter’s wife’s mother healed | 9 |
1:35-39 | Christ’s private prayers—purpose of Christ’s coming into the world | 13 |
1:40-45 | A leper cleansed | 17 |
2:1-12 | Privileges of Capernaum—one sick of the palsy healed | 21 |
2:13-22 | Calling of Levi—Christ the physician of souls—new wine and old bottles | 24 |
2:23-28 | The right view of the sabbath day expounded | 29 |
3:1-12 | The man with the withered hand healed on the sabbath day—Christ watched by his enemies and grieved | 34 |
3:13-21 | Ordination of the twelve apostles—Christ’s zeal misunderstood by his friends | 38 |
3:22-30 | Warning against divisions—fulness of gospel forgiveness—eternal damnation | 42 |
3:31-55 | Christ’s brother, and sister, and mother | 47 |
4:1-20 | Parable of the sower | 49 |
4:21-25 | Light not to be put under a bushel—importance of hearing, and of using what we hear | 54 |
4:26-29 | Parable of the seed cast into the ground | 57 |
4:30-34 | Parable of the grain of mustard seed | 61 |
4:35-41 | Storm on the Sea of Galilee miraculously calmed | 65 |
5:1-17 | A devil cast out in the country of the Gadarenes | 69 |
5:18-20 | The man that had been possessed with the devil sent home to his friends | 74 |
5:21-34 | The woman with an issue of blood healed | 77 |
5:35-43 | The ruler’s daughter raised to life | 82 |
6:1-6 | Christ in his own country—the sin of unbelief | 84 |
6:7-13 | The first sending forth of the apostles to preach | 89 |
6:14-29 | John the Baptist put to death by Herod | 92 |
6:30-34 | The apostles’ return from preaching—the importance of rest—Christ’s compassion | 97 |
6:35-46 | The multitude fed with five loaves and two fishes | 100 |
6:47-56 | Christ walking on the water | 103 |
7:1-13 | The religion of the Pharisees | 106 |
7:14-23 | The heart the true source of impurity | 111 |
7:24-30 | The Syrophoenician woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit | 114 |
7:31-37 | Healing of one who was deaf and dumb | 117 |
8:1-13 | The multitude fed with seven loaves—unbelief of the Pharisees | 121 |
8:14-21 | Warning against false doctrine—slowness to understand in disciples | 124 |
8:22-26 | The blind man at Bethsaida healed | 127 |
8:27-33 | Peter’s noble confession of faith—Peter’s ignorance of the necessity of Christ’s death | 129 |
8:34-38 | Necessity of self-denial—value of the soul— danger of being ashamed of Christ | 133 |
9:1-13 | Christ’s transfiguration | 137 |
9:14-29 | The boy with an unclean spirit healed | 141 |
9:30-37 | The crucifixion predicted—humility enforced | 146 |
9:38-50 | A tolerant spirit enjoined—the necessity of self-sacrifice—the reality of hell | 149 |
10:1-12 | The right view of marriage expounded | 154 |
10:13-16 | Young children brought to Christ—a plea for infant baptism | 159 |
10:17-27 | The young man who had great possessions— Christ’s love to sinners—the peril of being rich | 163 |
10:28-34 | Encouragement to forsake all for Christ’s sake— Christ’s foreknowledge of his own sufferings | 166 |
10:35-45 | Ignorance of the sons of Zebedee—lowliness and self-devotion enforced by Christ’s example | 170 |
10:46-52 | Blind Bartimæus healed | 175 |
11:1-11 | Christ’s public entry into Jerusalem, and voluntary poverty | 178 |
11:12-21 | Christ’s manhood—the fig-tree cursed—the temple cleansed | 182 |
11:22-26 | Importance of faith—necessity of a forgiving spirit | 186 |
11:27-33 | Spiritual blindness of the chief priests and scribes—mental dishonesty of prejudiced unbelievers | 190 |
12:1-12 | Parable of the wicked husbandmen | 194 |
12:13-17 | The tribute, and the respective claims of Cæsar and of God | 198 |
12:18-27 | The Sadducees, and the doctrine of the resurrection | 201 |
12:28-34 | The scribes, and the great commandment of all | 206 |
12:35-44 | Christ in the Psalms—warning against hypocrisy—the widow’s mite | 209 |
13:1-8 | Beginning of the prophecy on the Mount of Olives | 213 |
13:9-13 | What Christ’s people must expect between his first and second advents | 218 |
13:14-23 | The lawfulness of using means to provide for our safety—privileges of the elect | 222 |
13:24-31 | Second coming of Christ described—importance of observing signs of the times | 225 |
13:32-37 | Uncertainty of the time of Christ’s second advent — duty of watchfulness | 229 |
14:1-9 | Crafty designs of the chief priests overruled— anointing in the house at Bethany | 233 |
14:10-16 | Judas Iscariot undertakes to betray Christ for money—connection between time of passover and time of crucifixion | 237 |
14:17-25 | Institution of the Lord’s supper | 241 |
14:26-31 | Christ’s foreknowledge of his disciples’ weakness—self-ignorance of believers | 246 |
14:32-42 | Agony in the garden—infirmity of the apostles | 249 |
14:43-52 | Christ taken prisoner by his enemies | 253 |
14:53-65 | Christ condemned before the high priest | 257 |
14:66-72 | Peter denies Christ three times | 261 |
15:1-15 | Christ condemned before Pilate | 264 |
15:16-32 | Christ mocked and crucified | 268 |
15:33-38 | Christ’s death, and signs accompanying it | 271 |
15:39-47 | Christ’s burial | 275 |
16:1-8 | The power of love to Christ—the stone rolled away—mercy to backsliders | 279 |
16:9-14 | Proofs of the resurrection—kindness to great sinners—weakness of believers | 282 |
16:15-18 | The apostles’ commission—the terms of the gospel—the promise to faithful labourers | 286 |
16:19-20 | Christ’s ascension to the right hand of God—the word of faithful preachers confirmed by signs | 289 |
You may also like…
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
7 Volume Set
Description
A newly retypeset, clothbound edition of Ryle’s popular expositional series on the Gospels. The Expository Thoughts can be used as a help in family worship, or as an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion to the Gospels in the private reading of Scripture. 288–432 pp. per volume.
More items to consider:
Commentary on the Psalms
Abridged
Description
A newly retypeset, clothbound edition of Ryle’s popular expositional series on the Gospels. The Expository Thoughts can be used as a help in family worship, or as an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion to the Gospels in the private reading of Scripture. 288–432 pp. per volume.
Description
A newly retypeset, clothbound edition of Ryle’s popular expositional series on the Gospels. The Expository Thoughts can be used as a help in family worship, or as an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion to the Gospels in the private reading of Scripture. 288–432 pp. per volume.
Commentary on Matthew
The Gospel of the Kingdom
Description
A newly retypeset, clothbound edition of Ryle’s popular expositional series on the Gospels. The Expository Thoughts can be used as a help in family worship, or as an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion to the Gospels in the private reading of Scripture. 288–432 pp. per volume.
Testimonials
Submit your testimonial
There are no testimonials yet, would you like to submit yours?