The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And thoseContinue reading “Mark 5: 14-20….Jewish pigs!”
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Mark 5: 1-13….Were there a surfeit of demon possessed people in Israel?
They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,Continue reading “Mark 5: 1-13….Were there a surfeit of demon possessed people in Israel?”
Mark 4: 35-41….Does this prove that Jesus is Divine?
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, soContinue reading “Mark 4: 35-41….Does this prove that Jesus is Divine?”
Mark 4: 21-34….A Good Teacher doesn’t teach the whole subject in the one lesson!
And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” Comment: I suggestContinue reading “Mark 4: 21-34….A Good Teacher doesn’t teach the whole subject in the one lesson!”
Mark 4: 10-20….Yesterday’s Parable Explained.
And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, so that“‘they may indeed see but not perceive,and may indeed hear but not understand,lestContinue reading “Mark 4: 10-20….Yesterday’s Parable Explained.”
Mark 4: 1-9….A Well-known Parable.
Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching heContinue reading “Mark 4: 1-9….A Well-known Parable.”
Mark 3: 20-21 & 31-35….A Family visit.
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”……..And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. AndContinue reading “Mark 3: 20-21 & 31-35….A Family visit.”
Mark 3: 20-30….Do NOT Say That!
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” Comment: How ‘extensive’ is a family? Did it include uncles and aunts, siblings, Jesus’ mother, nephews andContinue reading “Mark 3: 20-30….Do NOT Say That!”
Mark 3 7-19….The Apostles Called!
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boatContinue reading “Mark 3 7-19….The Apostles Called!”
Mark chs 1 and 2….Is Mark proving Jesus to be the ‘Son of God’?
Obviously Mark has another 14 chapters to finish his argument that Jesus is the Son of God but what has he sought to do so far? 1. He has offered that John the Baptist fulfilled prophecy and pointed to Jesus. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before yourContinue reading “Mark chs 1 and 2….Is Mark proving Jesus to be the ‘Son of God’?”
As I read it! 