Matthew, Mark (Cornerstone Biblical Commentary | CBC)

Overview

The goal of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series is to clearly convey every thought contained in the Bible by presenting the message of each passage as well as an overview of other issues surrounding the text in an accessible but high-level discussion of scriptural interpretation.

The nearly 40 scholars, many of whom participated in the creation of the New Living Translation, are well-known and represent a wide spectrum of theological positions with the evangelical community.

The 11th volume of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series, written by David L. Turner and Darrel L. Bock, includes the entire NLT text of the books of Matthew and Mark. It provides students, pastors, and laypeople with up-to-date, evangelical scholarship designed to increase their exegetical and theological knowledge.

As the first Gospel in the Christian canon and the first book of the New Testament, Matthew has attracted significant attention. It contains the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord’s Prayer, the Beatitudes and End Times parables and prophecies. It describes the nature of the kingdom of heaven, and reveals the Messiah to a Jewish audience. In his accessible commentary, David L. Turner explores the central themes of the Gospel of Matthew, along with interpretive challenges, and the relationship between Matthew and the other Synoptic Gospels. This commentary also includes a detailed outline of the Gospel and an extensive bibliography.

The Gospel of Mark contains the shortest and most succinct account of the life of Jesus. In fact, says Darrell L. Bock in the introduction to his commentary, “Mark is more a Gospel of action than of teaching.” Jesus and his disciples move from city to city, and the stories are punctuated by little more than the favorite Markan transition: “Immediately.” Yet Mark, more than any other Gospel, highlights Jesus as the suffering Son of Man, and provides rich parallels to Old Testament themes. And the end of the Gospel shows that the experience of rejection and suffering challenged even the apostle’s commitment to discipleship. Both the original and modern readers have much to learn from the Gospel of Mark and Darrell L. Bock's commentary and exposition.

With the Logos edition of the Matthew, Mark Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, you can read the commentary on the text alongside the New Living Translation, as well as the Greek text in your digital library! Perform powerful searches and word studies and click your way to Greek and Hebrew definitions. What’s more, you can also link the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary to the other commentaries in your library for quick and accurate research for scholarly projects, sermon preparation, and personal study.