Mar 10:17-22 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 17 There came one running - See the case of this rich young man largely explained on (note), etc.

Mark 10:17-22

Verse 17

There came one running - See the case of this rich young man largely explained on Mat 19:16 (note), etc. Verse 21

Then Jesus, beholding him - Looking earnestly, εμβλεψας, or affectionately upon him, loved him, because of his youth, his earnestness, and his sincerity.

One thing thou lackest - What was that? A heart disengaged from the world, and a complete renunciation of it and its concerns, that he might become a proper and successful laborer in the Lord's vineyard. See Mat 19:21. To say that it was something else he lacked, when Christ explains here his own meaning, is to be wise above what is written. Verse 22

And he was sad at that saying - This young man had perhaps been a saint, and an eminent apostle, had he been poor! From this, and a multitude of other cases, we may learn that it is oftentimes a misfortune to be rich: but who is aware of this? - and who believes it?