21.
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from that time. The words express an important new
development; cp. 4:17; 26:16.
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Must. Compare the power of the same imperative in
Lk.2:49; 4:43; 13:33; 17:25; 22:37; 24:7,26,44,46; Jn.3:14; 12:34; Acts.l:16;
3:21; 17:3.
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The third day Mt. Lk. But Mk. has: after
three days.
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22.
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Be it far from thee is literally: 'Mercy on thee',
precisely as in Is.54:8,10 LXX. If a deliberate allusion, was Peter implying:
'Isaiah prophesied an end to Israel's suffering, and you are Israel's Messiah;
therefore he foretold an end to yours also'? If so, correct!-except that Peter's
timing was wrong. Contrast Peter again in Acts.3:18.
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Took him. The Gk. word means 'took either to help or to
be helped'. Here clearly, the former!
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23.
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Behind me, Satan. Note the echoes of the temptation in
v. 1,8,16,26. Why does Rome appropriate to itself the lord's great blessing on
Peter, but not this repudiation?
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24.
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take up his cross. Lk. 14:27 (Study 135;Mt. 10:38). The
second of these must be placed later in the ministry or even after the resu
rredion (see Study 90).
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25.
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This saying was evidently spoken on four separate occasions:
Mt.10:39; 16:25 and parallels; Lk.17:33; Jn. 12:25.
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Lose his life... find it. Mk adds to the paradox with
his addition: 'for my sake and the gospel's (the good news.')'. What
superbly good news that a man is called to crucifixion!
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26.
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Lose s.w. Acts .27:10,21; lCor.3:15;2Cor.7:9;Phil
3:7,8
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Here Mk. includes:
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38.
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Whosoever shall be ashamed. . .
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The words 'shame, ashamed are well worth following in the
concordance. Note especially Rom.1:16; 2Tim.l:8;2:12;Heb.2:11; 11:16.
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