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Selected Verse: Mark 1:15 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 1:15 |
King James |
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The time is fulfilled - That is, the time for the appearance of the Messiah, the time so long foretold, has come. "The kingdom of God is at hand." See the notes at Mat 3:2.
Repent ye - Exercise sorrow for sins, and turn from them.
And believe the gospel - Literally, trust in the gospel, or believe the good tidings - to wit, respecting salvation. See the notes at Mat 4:17. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The time (ὁ καιρὸς)
That is, the period completed by the setting up of Messiah's kingdom. Compare the fulness of the time, Gal 4:4.
Repent
See on Mat 3:2; and Mat 21:29. Mark adds, and believe in the Gospel. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The time is fulfilled - The time of my kingdom, foretold by Daniel, expected by you, is fully come. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The time is fulfilled - That is, the time appointed for sending the Messiah; and particularly the time specified by Daniel, Dan 9:24-27. Here are four points worthy of deep attention, in the preaching of the Son of God.
1. Every thing that is done is according to a plan laid by the Divine wisdom, and never performed till the time appointed was filled up.
2. That the kingdom and reign of sin are to be destroyed, and the kingdom of grace and heaven established in their place.
3. That the kingdom of God, and his reign by grace, begins with repentance for past sins.
4. That this reign of grace is at hand; and that nothing but an obstinate perseverance in sin and impenitence can keep any soul out of it; and that now is the accepted time to enter in. |
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.