THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 1 - Verse 21

Lu 4:31-37

Verse 21. And they went into Capernaum. For the situation of Capernaum, see Mt 4:13.

Straightway. Immediately. On the following Sabbath.

The synagogue. See Barnes "Mt 4:23".

And taught. In the synagogue, the presiding elder, after reading the Scriptures, invited any who chose to address the people, Ac 13:15. Though our Saviour was not a priest of the Levitical order, or an officer of the synagogue, yet we find him often availing himself of this privilege, and delivering his doctrines to the Jews.