Mark 9:43

“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, etc..] I have observed on (<400530>Matthew 5:30) that by the Jewish canons, cutting off of the hand was ordered in some cases there mentioned; which, though literally enjoined, must not be understood, as though the Jewish sanhedrim had a power of inflicting such a punishment, on persons found guilty of the things instanced in; or that it was required they should do this to themselves; but such rules were delivered in such language, to show the heinousness of the crimes committed, to express an abhorrence of them f177, and to deter persons from them; and to show, as the gloss f178 on one place observes, that it is better that the hand be cut off; or it…”

“See the notes at Matthew 18:7-9. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44-46 Their worm - This figure is taken from Isaiah 66:24. See the notes at that passage. In describing the great prosperity. of the kingdom of the Messiah, Isaiah says that the people of God “shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against God.” Their enemies would be overcome. They would be slain. The people of God would triumph. The figure is taken from heaps of the dead slain in battle; and the prophet says that the number would be so great that their worm - the worm feeding on the dead - would not die, would live long - as long as there were carcasses to be devoured; and that the…”

“And if a person cause thee to offend - (The discourse passes from the case of offending, to that of being offended) if one who is as useful or dear to thee as a hand or eye, hinder or slacken thee in the ways of Cod, renounce all intercourse with him. This primarily relates to persons, secondarily to things. Mat 5:29; Mat 18:8. Mark 9:44”

“9:43 hell: Greek Gehenna, referring to the Valley of Hinnom, which bordered Jerusalem on the southwest. It was a garbage dump for the city, and the continual burning of refuse there became a metaphor for the final place of judgment for the wicked. 9:43-48 Most of the best manuscripts do not include 9:44, 46, but a few include them. These two verses were almost certainly copied from 9:48 and were not in the original text of Mark.”

“if: Deu 13:6-8; Mat 5:29, Mat 5:30, Mat 18:8, Mat 18:9; Rom 8:13; Co1 9:27; Gal 5:24; Col 3:5; Tit 2:12; Heb 12:1; Pe1 2:1 offend thee: or, cause thee to offend, and so, Mar 9:45, Mar 9:47 maimed: Mat 15:30, Mat 15:31; Luk 14:13, Luk 14:21 Mark 9:44”