A pictorial commentary on the Gospel according to Mark : with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions . e of uijsteadiness to another for having changed his opinions.—Cicero^ 16. sat at meat] Or reclined according tothe Roman custom. Lukesays that Matthew made a great feast in honorof his new Master, not inthe Lords house, asMeyer interprets it, but inLevis house. To it, per-haps by way of farewell,he invited many of his oldassociates. This showsthat he had made largesacrifices in order to fol-low Christ; see Neanders KOMAN TRICLINIUM, H^USTEATING JEWISH METHOD OF EATING. LlfC Of ChVlS


A pictorial commentary on the Gospel according to Mark : with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions . e of uijsteadiness to another for having changed his opinions.—Cicero^ 16. sat at meat] Or reclined according tothe Roman custom. Lukesays that Matthew made a great feast in honorof his new Master, not inthe Lords house, asMeyer interprets it, but inLevis house. To it, per-haps by way of farewell,he invited many of his oldassociates. This showsthat he had made largesacrifices in order to fol-low Christ; see Neanders KOMAN TRICLINIUM, H^USTEATING JEWISH METHOD OF EATING. LlfC Of ChVlSt. publicans and sinners] The publicans or tax gatherers under the Romangovernment were of two classes : (1) Persons who farmed the Roman taxes,and in later times were usually Roman knights and men of wealth and posi-tion, of whom Cicero thus wrote: Publicani homines et honestissimi etornatissimi. (2) Subordinate collectors, each of whom was required to paya certain sum to his superior, with the privilege of raising as much more ashe could for his own profit. These inferior collectors were natives of the. Makk II, 16-18.] ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK. 43 Authorized Version. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw himeat with publicans and sinners, they said untohis disciples. How is it tliat he eateth anddrinketh with pu))lican8 and sinners ? 17 When heard it, he saitli unto them,They that are whole have no need of the ph3^si-cian, but they that are sick: I came not to callthe righteous, but sinners to repentance. 18 And the disciples of .John and of the Phari-sees used to fast: and they come and say untohim. Why do the disciples of John and of thel(harisees fast, but thy disciples fast not ? Revised Version. 16 And the scribes ^of the Pharisees, when theysaw that he was eating with the sinnera andpublicans, said unto his disciples, ^He eateth^ and drinketh with publicans and sinners. 17 And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto that are * whole have no need of aphy


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