![]() He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. 32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon possessed. The fever left her and she began to wait on them. 31 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her. 29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching-and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him.” 28 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee. “Come out of him!” 26 The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. Passage of Mark 1:23-45 Ģ3 Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, 24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-the Holy One of God!” 25 “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. In this first chapter we do not see a lot of discourse or teaching, but a man of action who isn’t afraid to get His fingers dirty. This would seem to set a tone for the gospel, a tone that the author seems to make intentional, that Jesus is a healer, and as such He is a man of action. In this fast moving book one of the things we notice is that Jesus in three of the next four sections takes part in some kind of healing. When talking about the “Kingdom of God”, what exactly did He mean?įinally one of the things that stands out is that Jesus was a healer. I think this is a key phrase in this section of the text and think it is important that we start by understanding just what Jesus was trying to say at this point in the text. In starting His ministry Jesus declares that the “Kingdom of God” is near. We quickly see the calling of the disciples. It would be interesting to know why the author told us about the event without telling of the event, and what in fact this event can tell us about Jesus and his earthly ministry.Īgain we see a shift in the discourse as the author shift quickly to John being in jail and the beginning of Jesus earthly ministry. Beyond the text states that Jesus is getting ready to engage in a time of tempting from Satan but does not go into detail about that encounter. It would be interesting to know what the text is really trying to communicate here. Verse twelve says, “At once the Spirit sent him into the desert”. It is at this point where we see another pretty drastic shift in story. ![]() ![]() Beyond that it would be interesting to compare the baptism experience with the other gospels and see both similarities and differences. For instance verse nine opens by saying, “At that time”, well it would be nice to note what time this really was, when did it take place and what was going on around this event. Many questions arise when reading these versus. No birth narrative or genealogy like we see in other gospels but straight to the text regarding John which leads directly to the baptism of Jesus.Īs the story continues it is important to look at the baptism and temptation sections found in versus nine through thirteen. We see this from the very beginning of the text where the author jumps right into the story. When looking at the first chapter of the book of Mark one of the first things that jumps off the page is the quick pace with which the author is writing.
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