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Scott's Reference Library
Mark 8:31 through Mark 8:38 (NIV)
31He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that
he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32He spoke plainly about
this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get
behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the
things of men.”
34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone
would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life
for me and for the gospel will save it. 36What good is it for a man to gain the
whole world, yet forfeit his soul? 37Or what can a man give in exchange for his
soul? 38If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s
glory with the holy angels.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 27-33
These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a
Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may
bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice.
He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware,
and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we ourselves do not. The wisdom
of man is folly, when it pretends to limit the Divine counsels. Peter did not
rightly understand the nature of Christ’s kingdom.
VERSES 34-38
Frequent notice is taken of the great flocking there was to Christ for help in
various cases. All are concerned to know this, if they expect him to heal their
souls. They must not indulge the ease of the body. As the happiness of heaven
with Christ, is enough to make up for the loss of life itself for him, so the
gain of all the world in sin, will not make up for the ruin of the soul by sin.
And there is a day coming, when the cause of Christ will appear as glorious, as
some now think it mean and contemptible. May we think of that season, and view
every earthly object as we shall do at that great day.