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Mark 2:19 KJV
Mark · chapter 2 · verse 19
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.Mark 2:19 · King James Version
Mark 2:19 in context
17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bridechambernymphōnthe chamber containing the bridal bed, the bridal chamber, of the friends of the…G3567 →
- bridegroomnymphiosa bridegroomG3566 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- cannotdynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-28