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Mark 14 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Mark 14, 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 14 in the Greek

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

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
ἀρχιερεύς archiereús G749 12 chief priest, chief of the priests
Πέτρος Pétros G4074 8 Peter, rock
εἷς heîs G1520 9 a, abundantly, man, one
παραδίδωμι paradídōmi G3860 7 betray, bring forth, cast, commit
κρατέω kratéō G2902 5 hold, keep, lay hand on, obtain
ἄρχω árchomai G756 5 begin
καθεύδω katheúdō G2518 4 sleep

How preachers through history handled this text

63 public-domain excerpts on Mark 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Aquinas 41 Matthew Henry 8 Alexander MacLaren 8 Spurgeon 4 Calvin 1 John Wesley 1

“We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the Son of the Blessed? that is, the Son of God. For the proof of his being the Son of God, he refers to his second coming. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 14:53–65 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Mark 14:13
  • Mount of Olives — Mark 14:26
  • Galilee 1 — Mark 14:28
  • Bethany 1 — Mark 14:3
  • Gethsemane — Mark 14:32
  • Nazareth — Mark 14:67

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