Prepositional Phrases

by QUARTUS | Category: General | Jul 1956

Some of the prepositional phrases used by Mark concerning the places of the Lord's ministry make very interesting reading, especially when grouped together.

It is really surprising the variety of places rendered holy by the teaching or works of the Master Himself. The Holy Spirit sees fit to move the Gospel writer to mention these places, so they cannot be without some significance.

(1)"He rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place"

(1.34).

(2)"He went forth again by the sea side" (2.13).

(3)"He was going ... through the cornfields"(2. 23).

(4)"He goeth up into the mountain" (3.13).

(5)"They take Him, ... in the boat" (4.36).

(6)"They came to the other side of the sea, into the country " (5.1).

(7)"He cometh into His own country " (6.1).

(8)"Jesus bringeth them up into a high mountain " (9. 2).

(9)"As they were coming down from the mountain" (9.9).

When it comes to the places which in themselves had some sacred significance, the Holy Spirit is equally precise.

(1)"He entered into the synagogue, and taught " (1.21).

(2)"As He was walking in the temple " (11.27).

(3)"He sat down over against the treasury " (12.41).

(4)"As He went forth out of the temple" (13.1).

But the Master by no means confined His labours to such places; there is great emphasis laid on the ordinary places as spheres of labour.

(1)" They came into the house " (1.21).

(2)"He went round about the villages teaching " (6.6).

(3)"As He was going forth into the way" (10.17).

(4)"Wherseoever He entered, into the villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces " (6.56).

Even when proper names of places are mentioned, the same

minute accuracy of description is in evidence.

(1)"As He went out from Jericho" (10.46).

(3)"When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem" (11.1).

(3)"When they were come out from Bethany"(11. 12).

(4)"As He sat on the mount of Olives " (13.3).

For simple grandeur and wealth of expression the phrases covering

the death, burial and resurrection stand out with unparalleled force.

(1)" They come unto an enclosed piece of ground " (R.V.M.) (14.32).

(2)" The soldiers led Him away within the court" (15.16).

(3)"They bring Him unto the place Golgotha" (15.22).

(4)"He laid Him in a tomb "(15.46).

(5)"He was manifested ... on their way into the country" (16.12).

(6)"He was manifested ... as they sat at meat " (16.14).

(7)"The Lord Jesus ... was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God " (16.19).

"BLESSED ARE YE THAT SOW BESIDE ALL WATERS "(Isaiah 32.20).

QUARTUS | Jul 1956
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