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Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Readers will learn to see Christ in all aspects of Scripture, and they will...

Correction is seldom pleasant. Hard words may cut, but they also cure. Jesus is tough and direct in His rebuke of the disciples. First, He calls them a “faithless generation.” I believe this epithet is directed toward the disciples. This word “generation” is normally used of Israel as an unbelieving nation and, in particular, its leaders (8:12, 38). Second, by means of parallel rhetorical questions, He expressed His exasperation and weariness:
Mark 9:19–27