And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “LetContinue reading “Mark 1: 35-39…..An escape made!”
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Mark 1 : 29-34….. Jesus power over physical disease!
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began toContinue reading “Mark 1 : 29-34….. Jesus power over physical disease!”
Mark 1: 21-28…..Jesus power over an unclean spirit.
And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,Continue reading “Mark 1: 21-28…..Jesus power over an unclean spirit.”
Mark 1: 16-20…. Disciples called.
Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a littleContinue reading “Mark 1: 16-20…. Disciples called.”
Mark 1: 12-14…..Presented facts but some hard to understand.
(The Temptation of Jesus)The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.(Jesus Begins His Ministry)Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, andContinue reading “Mark 1: 12-14…..Presented facts but some hard to understand.”
Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, butContinue reading “Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.”
Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,the voice of one crying in the wilderness:Prepare the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,’”John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism ofContinue reading “Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God”
1 Samuel 25: 10-13….. David sees ‘red’!
And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I doContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 10-13….. David sees ‘red’!”
1 Samuel 25: 1-9…..There must be more to this story!
Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousandContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1-9…..There must be more to this story!”
1 Samuel 25: 1a…..Samuel’s epitaph.
Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Comment: We’ve had a lot of detail of Samuel’s life. His beginning, even the emotional and sexual history of his parents is given us in Chapter one of this book He dies at the beginningContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1a…..Samuel’s epitaph.”
As I read it! 