Mark 5:21-43 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship to the other side, much people gathered to him: and he was near to the sea.… I. A good child is at home in either world, not sorry to go to the other world to get joy, and not sorry to come back to this world to give it. II. We know not where the other world is, but it is evidently within range of the Saviour's voice. Our dear dead are therefore safe. and all their conditions ordered by the Saviour's mercy. III. Life is indestructible by death. IV. On a universal scale Christ will be found to be the Resurrection and the Life to all who love Him. V. He inflicts bereavement, but sympathises with its sorrow. He relieves these mourners here, to show that He pities all mourners. (R. Glover.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. |
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