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Selected Verse: Mark 5:37 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 5:37 |
King James |
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James--(See on Mar 1:29). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
James
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:21). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| John, the brother of James - When St. Mark wrote, not long after our Lord's ascension, the memory of St. James, lately beheaded, was so fresh, that his name was more known than that of John himself. |
29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.