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Mark 2:3
And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Verse Mark 2:3. _ONE SICK OF THE PALSY_] _A paralytic person_. Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:2, c. _BORNE OF FOUR._] Four men, one at each corner of the sofa or couch on which
See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2. PALSY - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. BORNE OF FOUR - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC. Loisy (pp. 86- 88) regards the discussion of the right to forgive sins as artificially interwoven by Mk. into a simpler story of healing. He says it is not like Jesus to...
When, some time afterwards, Jesus had come back to Capernaum, the news went round that he was in a house. Such crowds collected that there was no longer any room left, not even round the door. So he w...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. SICK... PALSY. a paralytic. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104....
_borne of four_ Notice the pictorial definiteness of the Evangelist....
1–12. HEALING OF A PARALYTIC AT CAPERNAUM. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26 This incident gives the dominant thought to a group of narratives which record the hostile criticisms of...
ΠΑΡΑΛΥΤΙΚΌΝ. Lk., as usual (Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33), has the more classical παραλελυμένος. ΑἸΡΌΜΕΝΟΝ ὙΠῸ ΤΕΣΣΆΡΩΝ. Mk alone has this detail. There is perhaps design in using the same verb of his being ca...
Ver 1. And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that He was in the house. 2. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them,...
_JESUS HEALED A CRIPPLED MAN MARK 2:1-12:_ Jesus did not remain in the desert after Satan tempted Him. He returned to Capernaum. Word quickly passed that He was in a certain house and a large crowd ga...
ΈΡΧΟΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064), hist, _praes._ ΦΈΡΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) носить. Part, образа действия, ΠΑΡΑΛΥΤΙΚΌΣ (G3885) парализованный, увечный (DMTG, 2...
WHICH WAS BORNE OF FOUR.— _Who was carried by four._...
5. FORGIVENESS AND HEALING2:1-12 _TEXT 2:1-12_ And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house. And many were gathered together, so that there was no...
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. AND THEY COME UNTO HIM - that is, toward the house where He was, BRINGING ONE SICK OF THE PALSY - "lying on a bed...
19 Before a net is used it is important that it is not badly tangled or snarled. The work of these fishermen is a graphic commentary on the word "adjust," which has been rendered by such a variety as...
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...
BORNE OF FOUR. — The number of the bearers is given by St. Mark only....
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2:1-12 (Mark 2:1) THE SICK OF THE PALSY "And when He entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that He was in the house." Mark 2:1 (R.V.) [And when He had come ba...
_The palsied man_ (Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26)....
ἔρχονται : historic present with lively effect. The arrival creates a stir. φέροντες : this may mean more than the four who actually carried the sick man (ὑπὸ τεσσάρων), friends accompanying. The bear...
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS Mark 1:40-45; Mark 2:1-22 _The leper,_ Mark 1:40-45. The news of Christ spread fast and far until it reached the outcasts from Jewish society, the very dregs of humanity. As the...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...
HE HEALS A PARALYTIC Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; & Luke 5:17-26. Mark: “And again He came into Capernaum during those days, and it was heard that He is at home. And immediately the multitudes came tog...
(2) And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive _them,_ no not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. (3) And they come unto him, br...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_VICARIOUS FAITH_ ‘And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.’ Mark 2:3 Just as every human disease was a symbol of the moral condition of the soul, so every m...
Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...
AND THEY CAME UNTO HIM,.... A considerable body of people, townsmen, friends, and relations of the person after mentioned: BRINGING ONE SICK OF THE PALSY, WHICH WAS BORNE OF FOUR; carried by four men...
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. Ver. 3. _Which was borne of four_] _Apprehensis quatuor lecti extremitatibus, vivo cadaveri persimilis._ Wicked men ar...
_And they come, bringing one sick of the palsy_ See on Matthew 9:2, &c. _Which was borne of four_ One at each corner of the sofa or couch. _And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press_ Th...
BORNE OF FOUR; carried by four men. Matthew 9:2-8....
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...
TITLE: Who Can Forgive Sins TEXT: Mark 2:1-12 PROPOSITION: I must learn how to forgive. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Types SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION: 1. Story of the faith of 4 friends o...
1-12 It was this man's misery that he needed to be so carried, and shows the suffering state of human life; it was kind of those who so carried him, and teaches the compassion that should be in men,...
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Mark 2:3 Then G2532 came G2064 (G5736) to G4314 Him G846 bringing G5342 (G5723) paralytic G3885 carried...
‘And they come, bringing to him a man sick of paralysis, carried by four men. And when they could not come near to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and when they had bro...
THE SON OF MAN HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE SINS (2:1-12). The idea of the authority of Jesus continues. Having been revealed as the drencher in the Holy Spirit, God's beloved and Spirit anointed Son, the...
Mark 2:3. BORNE OF FOUR. ‘In a bed' Mark 2:4 (and Luke). Mark alone mentions the number of men....
On the cure of the _paralytic_, see on Matthew 9:2-8, and comp. Luke 5:17-26. Mark's account is the most minute and graphic....
AND THEY COME (κα ερχοντα). Fine illustration of Mark's vivid dramatic historical present preserved by Luke Luke 5:18, but not by Matthew 9:2 (imperfect).BORNE BY FOUR (αιρομενον υπο τεσσαρων). A...
Mark 2:1 Note here: I. The helplessness of some men. All helplessness traceable to sin. II. The social usefulness of some other men. We can all carry sufferers to Christ, even when we cannot heal t...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, inasmuch that there was no room to receive the...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive the...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...
Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...
SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER. For the healing of this paralyzed man, see notes on Matthew 9:2-8, Luke tells us that there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there, who had come from every...
_And again He entered into Capernaum._ THE GENERAL MINISTRY OF CHRIST Christ’s apparent delays are only the maturings of time-the ripenings of opportunity. He will come, not when impatient men think...
_And they came unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four._ THE CHARITIES OF THE POOR “Borne of four.” The charities of the rich are published far and wide, and all men talk of...
JESUS HEALS A PARALYZED MAN MATTHEW 9:1-8; MARK 2:1-12; LUKE 5:17-26; MATTHEW 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his ow
CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:1. IT WAS NOISED.—_It was heard, He is in the house_, or _at home_. Perhaps the house already mentioned, viz. Simon’s (Mark 1:29); but more probably His own hom...
EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...
Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...
Luke 5:18; Matthew 9:1; Matthew 9:2...
Born of four. A detail peculiar to Mark....
THE HEALING OF THE SICK OF THE PALSY Mark 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. How Christ's meetings were advertised. Our Lord's Word and His work was sufficient to assure Him a multitude, whithersoever He wen...
Matthew 9:2; Luke 5:18....
Here we have the relation of our Saviour's miraculous healing of one sick of the palsy at Capernaum. Where observe, 1. The diseased and distressed person; ONE SICK OF THE PALSY, which disease being....