But they held their peace (Hο δε εσιωπων). Imperfect tense. Put thus to them, they felt ashamed that the Master had discovered the…

Who should be the greatest.—Better, more simply, who was the greatest.

It was a dreadful descent from communing with Moses and Elias on the mount of transfiguration to meeting the furious demon at the foot of the hill;…

Theophylact of Ohrid: It is after miracles that the Lord inserts a discourse concerning His Passion, lest it be thought tha…

Jesus returned to Capernaum where his great Galilean ministry had begun (1:21) and where his headquarters in Galilee had been located. This time he…

But they held their peace
Fearing a reprimand, for their vanity and affectation of worldly grandeur:

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The time of Christ's suffering drew near. If he had been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it would not have been so stra…