Mark 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 2:15

While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

KJV

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

Nor would the name of publicans have been so execrable in the eyes of the Lord, unless as being a "strange" name,-a (name) of such as put up the pathways of the very sky, and earth, and sea, for sale. Moreover, when (the writer) adjoins "sinners" to "publicans," it does not follow that he shows them to have been Jews, albeit some may possibly have been so; but by placing on a par the one genus of heathens-some sinners by office, that is, publicans; some by nature, that is, not publicans-he has drawn a distinction between them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Many publicans and notorious sinners sat with Jesus - Some of them doubtless invited by Matthew, moved with compassion for his old companions in sin.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Fitly did he make the day of his espousals to Christ a festival day. This was also to testify his respect to Christ, and the grateful sense he had of his kindness, in snatching him from the receipt of custom as a brand out of the burning. That many publicans and sinners sat with Christ in Levi's house (for there were many belonging to that custom-house); and they followed him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Sat at meat in the house - The words “at meat” are not in the original. The phrase means “as he reclined at his meal,” or “as he was eating.” This feast was made by Matthew in honor of the Saviour. See Luk 5:29. Publicans - See the notes at Mat 5:47. Sinners - Sinners of abandoned character - of the same character that publicans commonly sustained - fit companions of publicans - great sinners.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
γίνεται	ginetai	it came to pass	G1096 →
κατακεῖσθαι	katakeisthai	reclining	G2621 →
αὐτὸν	auton	of Him	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
οἰκίᾳ	oikia	house	G3614 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	that	G2532 →
πολλοὶ	polloi	many	G4183 →
τελῶναι	telōnai	tax collectors	G5057 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἁμαρτωλοὶ	hamartōloi	sinners	G268 →
συνανέκειντο	sunanekeinto	were reclining with	G4873 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοῖς	tois	with the	G3588 →
μαθηταῖς	mathētais	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	there were	G1510 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
πολλοί,	polloi	many,	G4183 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠκολούθουν	ēkolouthoun	they were following	G190 →
αὐτῷ.	autō	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:15
  This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- Matthew 9:10–13
  Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
- Luke 5:29–32
  Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
- Matthew 21:28–31
  But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
- Ezekiel 18:27
  But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Through
Luke 6:17
Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the…
leads to
- Matthew 11:21
  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Psalms 107:17–20
  Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Matthew 14:14
  When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.