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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. The story of our Lord’s appearance to the disciples is more fully told by Luke in the twenty-fourth chapter of his Gospel, to which let us turn. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, — Christ is full of love to them, yet he must upbraid them, he loves them, but he loves not their unbelief; nay, he is more vexed with unbelief in them than in other people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. That commission of our Lord makes me smile, for it seems such a curious cure for unbelief, yet I have proved the usefulness of it many a time. There have I been sitting down, fretting and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... Not at the same time, and place, as before; not on the first day of the week, on which he rose from the dead, but forty days after, just upon his ascension to heaven; see Mr 16:19; nor at Jerusalem, but in Galilee, where be appointed to meet his disciples, and did, when he gave them the following commission; see Matthew...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that believeth,.... Not notionally only, or that gives a bare assent to the truth of the Gospel; but spiritually, who sees Christ, his need of him, and the worth and excellency, suitableness and fulness of him; who comes to him as a poor perishing sinner, and ventures on him, and commits himself to him, and lives upon him; believing alone in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. This is a weighty message for us to carry, and we have need to carry it with due solemnity, with our hearts on fire with love.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these signs shall follow them that believe,.... Not all of them, but some; and not always, only for a time; and which were necessary for the confirmation of the Gospel, and the establishment of Christianity in the world; and not only believing hearers, but believing ministers of the word, are chiefly designed; and this is said, for the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. The apostles and the early Christians had these miraculous signs, there was no...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall take up serpents,.... The Arabic version adds, "in their own hands"; and in an ancient manuscript of Beza's it is read, "in the hands"; so the Apostle Paul had a viper, which fastened and hung on his hand, which he shook off, without receiving any harm from it, Acts 28:3. And if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So then, after the Lord,.... The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions add, "Jesus"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "our Lord, the Lord Jesus"; and both Syriac and Persic read, "our Lord"; which is common in these versions, where the word "Lord" is used: had spoken unto them; the disciples, the above words, which commissioned them where to go, what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. The disciples were not at once received up into heaven, though they might have been if God had so willed it, there was work for them to do here below, so Christ alone “was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;” and as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they went forth,.... After this the apostles went forth, from Galilee to Jerusalem; and on the day of pentecost, they appeared publicly, and preached the Gospel in divers languages; and after the death of Stephen, and the persecution raised upon that, they went forth from Jerusalem; see Isaiah 2:3. And preached every where; not only in Judea,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. These last verses of Mark’s Gospel have, as some of you know, been questioned as to their inspiration and authenticity, but they are so like Mark that you cannot read them without feeling that they are part and parcel of...