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Mark 10 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Mark 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Mark 10 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
εἷς heîs G1520 7 a, abundantly, man, one
ἄρχω árchomai G756 5 begin
υἱός huiós G5207 6 child, foal, son
βασιλεία basileía G932 5 kingdom, reign
θέλω thélō G2309 5 desire, be disposed, intend, list
μαθητής mathētḗs G3101 5 disciple
ἀπολύω apolýō G630 4 depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive

How preachers through history handled this text

64 public-domain excerpts on Mark 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Aquinas 32 Spurgeon 12 Matthew Henry 7 Alexander MacLaren 7 Calvin 4 John Wesley 1 George Whitefield 1

“Christ's going on with his undertaking for the salvation of mankind, was, is, and will be, the wonder of all his disciples. Worldly honour is a glittering thing, with which the eyes of Christ's own disciples have many times been dazzled. Our care must be, that we may have wisdom and grace to know how to suffer with him; and we may trust him to provide what the degrees of our glory shall be. Christ shows them that dominion was generally abused in the world. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 10:32–45 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Capernaum — Mark 10:1
  • Jordan — Mark 10:1
  • Judea 1 — Mark 10:1
  • Jerusalem — Mark 10:17

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