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Mark 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.


Mark 1:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 1:1518 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
andwordG2532
λέγωνlegōn
sayingverbG3004
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ΠεπλήρωταιPeplērōtai
Has been fulfilledverbG4137
ho
thearticleG3588
καιρὸςkairos
timenounG2540
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἤγγικενēngiken
has drawn nearverbG1448
thearticleG3588
βασιλείαbasileia
kingdomnounG932
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θεοῦtheou
of GodnounG2316
μετανοεῖτεmetanoeite
do repentverbG3340
καὶkai
andwordG2532
πιστεύετεpisteuete
do believeverbG4100
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
εὐαγγελίῳeuangeliō
gospelnounG2098
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 1:15

And to shew us that in persecutions we ought to retire, and not to await them; but when we fall into them, we must sustain them.

Theophylact · 11th century

John being put in prison, fitly does the Lord begin to preach: wherefore there follows, 'Preaching the Gospel, &c.' For when the Law ceases, the Gospel arises in its steps.

Bede · 8th century

When the shadow ceases, the truth comes on; first, John in prison, the Law in Judaea; then, Jesus in Galilee, Paul among the Gentiles preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. For to an earthly kingdom succeeds poverty, to the poverty of Christians is given an everlasting kingdom; but earthly honour is like the foam of water, or smoke, or sleep.

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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Repent and Believe the Good News
The time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news. Mark's first recorded words of Jesus, and they're an invitation to transformation grounded in something already p...
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