Mark 1

^{1 a} He sheweth that John Baptist was the first preacher of the Gospel.

^{1 !} The office, doctrine & life of John the Baptiste.

^{2 b} In Greke, Angel, or Ambassadour.

^{3 c} Take awaye all lettes, which might hinder Christ to come to you.

^{4 d} He did bothe baptize & preache, but preached first, & after baptized, as appeareth by {Mat. 3, 1}: so that the ordre is here inuerted, which thing is commune in the Scriptures.

^{6 /} Or, grasshoppers.

^{8 e} He declareth that he is but the minister of the outwarde signe, and that it is Jesus Christ that giueth the force & vertue,

^{9 !} Christ is baptized.

^{10 f} This was done for the confirmacion of John, and them that stode bye.

^{10 /} Or, Jesus.

^{11 g} The Father beareth witnes that Christ is the verie Sonne of God,

^{12 /} Or, the holie Gost.

^{13 h} Christ wolde be tempted to persuad vs, that he wil helpe them that be tempted, {Ebr. 2,18}

^{13 !} And tempted.

^{14 !} He preacheth.

^{14 i} By the which Gospel he wil rule & reigne ouer all.

^{16 /} Or, lake.

^{17 h} To drawe them from perdicion.

^{17 !} Calleth the fishers.

^{22 l} Whose doctrine was dead, & nothing fauoured of the spirit.

^{23 !} Christ healeth the man with the vncleane spirit.

^{25 m} Christ wolde not suffer the father of lyes to beare witnes to the trueth.

^{27 n} Thei referre the miracle to the kinde of doctrine, & so marueil at it, as a newe and strange thing, and do not consider the power of Christ, who is the autor of the one and the other.

^{27 !} New doctrine.

^{29 !} He healeth Peters mother in law.

^{34 o} Christ wolde not haue suche witnesses to preache him & his Gospel, so Paule was offended that the Pythonesse shulde testifie of him, {Act. 16, 18}

^{34 !} The deuils knowe him.

^{35 /} Or, being yet night.

^{41 !} He clenseth the leper, and healeth the diuers others.

^{43 p} Forbidding him to tell anie man, because as yet his time was not come to be knowen.

^{44 q} It belonged to the Priest to knowe if a man were healed of the leprosie.

^{44 r} To take all maner of excuse from them, & to condemne them of ingratitude.

^{45 f} The preasse was so great, that he shulde haue bene thronged.