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Mark 2:7

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2:7 “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! 1  Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Mark 3:28-29

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3:28 I tell you the truth, 2  people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. 3  3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin” 4 

Mark 15:29

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15:29 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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[2:7]  1 sn 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 an act of offense. The remark raised directly the issue of the nature of Jesus’ ministry.

[3:28]  2 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[3:28]  3 tn Grk “all the sins and blasphemies they may speak will be forgiven the sons of men.”

[3:29]  3 sn Is guilty of an eternal sin. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this eternal sin. Three things must be kept in mind: (1) the nature of the sin is to ascribe what is the obvious work of the Holy Spirit (e.g., releasing people from Satan’s power) to Satan himself; (2) it is not simply a momentary doubt or sinful attitude, but is indeed a settled condition which opposes the Spirit’s work, as typified by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus; and (3) a person who is concerned about it has probably never committed this sin, for those who commit it here (i.e., the religious leaders) are not in the least concerned about Jesus’ warning. On this last point see W. W. Wessel, “Mark,” EBC 8:645-46.



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