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Selected Verse: Mark 12:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 12:24 |
King James |
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures--regarding the future state.
neither the power of God?--before which a thousand such difficulties vanish. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
said unto them
See margin reference, (See Scofield) - (Mat 22:29). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Therefore (διὰ τοῦτο)
A rendering which obscures the meaning. The words point forward to the next two clauses. The reason of your error is your ignorance of the scriptures and of the power of God. Hence Rev., correctly, Is it not for this cause that ye err?
Err (πλανᾶσθε)
Lit., wander out of the way. Compare Latin errare. Of the wandering sheep, Mat 18:12; Pe1 2:25. Of the martyrs wandering in the deserts, Heb 11:38. Often rendered in the New Testament deceive. See Mar 13:5, Mar 13:6. Compare ἀστέρες πλανῆται, wandering stars (Jde 1:13), from which our word planet. |
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?