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Text -- Mark 2:1-19 (NET)
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Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic
2:1 Now after some days , when he returned to Capernaum , the news spread that he was at home .
2:2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room , not even by the door , and he preached the word to them .
2:3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic , carried by four of them.
2:4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd , they removed the roof above Jesus . Then , after tearing it out , they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on .
2:5 When Jesus saw their faith , he said to the paralytic , “Son , your sins are forgiven .”
2:6 Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there , turning these things over in their minds :
2:7 “Why does this man speak this way ? He is blaspheming ! Who can forgive sins but God alone ?”
2:8 Now immediately , when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them , “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts ?
2:9 Which is easier , to say to the paralytic , ‘Your sins are forgiven ,’ or to say , ‘Stand up , take your stretcher , and walk ’?
2:10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ,”– he said to the paralytic –
2:11 “I tell you , stand up , take your stretcher , and go home .”
2:12 And immediately the man stood up , took his stretcher , and went out in front of them all . They were all amazed and glorified God , saying , “We have never seen anything like this !”
The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners
2:13 Jesus went out again by the sea . The whole crowd came to him , and he taught them .
2:14 As he went along , he saw Levi , the son of Alphaeus , sitting at the tax booth . “Follow me ,” he said to him . And he got up and followed him .
2:15 As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home , many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples , for there were many who followed him .
2:16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors , they said to his disciples , “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners ?”
2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them , “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician , but those who are sick do . I have not come to call the righteous , but sinners .”
The Superiority of the New
2:18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting . So they came to Jesus and said , “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast , but your disciples don’t fast ?”
2:19 Jesus said to them , “The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them , can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Capernaum |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Miracles |
FORGIVENESS |
Palsy |
Unbelief |
Salvation |
Matthew |
Alphaeus |
Blasphemy |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
LEVI |
WASHING OF FEET |
ABSTINENCE |
JOY |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD |
Sin |
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NET Notes -> Mar 2:1; Mar 2:1; Mar 2:1; Mar 2:1; Mar 2:2; Mar 2:3; Mar 2:3; Mar 2:4; Mar 2:4; Mar 2:4; Mar 2:5; Mar 2:5; Mar 2:6; Mar 2:6; Mar 2:7; Mar 2:8; Mar 2:8; Mar 2:8; Mar 2:9; Mar 2:10; Mar 2:10; Mar 2:10; Mar 2:11; Mar 2:12; Mar 2:13; Mar 2:14; Mar 2:14; Mar 2:15; Mar 2:15; Mar 2:15; Mar 2:15; Mar 2:15; Mar 2:16; Mar 2:16; Mar 2:16; Mar 2:17; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:18; Mar 2:19; Mar 2:19; Mar 2:19; Mar 2:19
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NET Notes: Mar 2:2 Some translations (e.g., NIV, NLT) take the preposition πρός (pro"), which indicates proximity, to mean “outside the do...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:4 Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the n...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:5 The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.
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NET Notes: Mar 2:7 Blaspheming meant to say something that dishonored God. To claim divine prerogatives or claim to speak for God when one really does not would be such ...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:9 Which is easier is a reflective kind of question. On the one hand to declare sins are forgiven is easier, since one does not need to see it, unlike te...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:10 Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.
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NET Notes: Mar 2:12 Grk “he”; the referent (the man who was healed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 2:13 Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 2:14 The tax booth was a booth located on the edge of a city or town to collect taxes for trade. There was a tax booth in Capernaum, which was on the trade...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:15 The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:16 The issue here is inappropriate associations. Jews were very careful about personal associations and contact as a matter of ritual cleanliness. Their ...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:17 Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is hea...
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NET Notes: Mar 2:18 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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