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Mark 8:38

Mark 8:38
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 8:27-38

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mat. 16:13-28. Mar 8:32 He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Whosoever - shall be ashamed of me - Our Lord hints here at one of the principal reasons of the incredulity of the Jews, - they saw nothing in the person of Jesus Christ which corresponded to the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 8:27-38

We have read a great deal of the doctrine Christ preached, and the miracles he wrought, which were many, and strange, and well-attested, of various kinds, and wrought in several places, to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

adulterous The generation is called "adulterous," because its heart was estranged from God. Comp. Jer 31:32; Isa 54:5.