Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched—See on Matthew 5:30; The "unquenchablesness" of this fire has already been brought before us (see on Matthew 3:12); and the awfully vivid idea of an undying worm, everlastingly consuming an unconsumable body, is taken from the closing words of the evangelical prophet (Isaiah 66:24), which seem to have furnished the later Jewish Church with its current phraseology on the subject of future punishment (see LIGHTFOOT).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Mark 9:48:
Isaiah 33:14
Isaiah 66:24
Matthew 5:22
Matthew 5:26
Matthew 5:30
Mark 9:41
Mark 9:49
Luke 12:5
Hebrews 12:1
Revelation 21:8
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