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?”
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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?”
Exodus 35: 1-19….Is God unreasonable?
Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on itContinue reading “Exodus 35: 1-19….Is God unreasonable?”
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 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’?”
Exodus 34: 25-35….Miracles on the mountain?
“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning. The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’sContinue reading “Exodus 34: 25-35….Miracles on the mountain?”
Mark 2: 23- 3:6….Double Trouble!
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when heContinue reading “Mark 2: 23- 3:6….Double Trouble!”
As I read it! 