BURKITT : | Mr 10V1-12 | Mr 10V13-16 | Mr 10:17 | Mr 10:18 | Mr 10:19 | Mr 10:20 | Mr 10:21-22 | Mr 10:23-27 | Mr 10:28-31 | Mr 10:32-34 | Mr 10:35-41 | Mr 10:42-45 | Mr 10v46-52 | KJV
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28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. 31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. (Mark 10:28-31 KJV)
William Burkitt New Testament
The apostles having heard our Saviour’s command to sell all and give to the poor, St. Peter, in the name of the rest, tells Christ, that they had left all to follow him.
Where note, How St. Peter magnifies that little which he had left for Christ, and ushers it in with a note of admiration: Lo! we have left all.
Learn hence, That though it be very little that we suffer for Christ, and have to forsake upon his account, yet are we apt to magnify and extol it, as if it were some great matter: Behold, we have left all and followed thee.
Observe next, Our Lord’s kind and gracious answer: that those that leave all to follow him shall be no losers by him. We may be losers for Christ, we shall never be losers by him; for whatever we part with in this world for the sake of Christ, houses or lands, brethren or sisters, we shall receive an hundred-fold now in this life. But how so? Non formaliter, se deminenter; non in specie, sed in valore: “Not in kind, but in equivalency:” not a hundred brethren, sisters, or lands, in kind, but he shall enjoy that in God, which all creatures would be to him if they were multiplied a hundred times; and the gifts and graces, the comforts and consolations, of the Holy Spirit shall be a hundred times better portion than anything we can part with for the sake of Christ. For the sense of those words, The first shall be last, &c. see the note on Mr 9:35.