immediately Observe the suddenness and completeness of the cure, and contrast it with the miracles of an Elijah (1 Kings 17:17-24), or an Elisha (2 Kings 4:32-36).
before them all Now yielding before him and no longer blocking up his path.
Verse Mark 2:12. _HE - TOOK UP THE BED_] The words of PROSPER, on this place, are worthy of notice:- "What is sin but a deplorable fall, a grovelling on the earth, a repose in the creature, often fo...
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...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
Some of the experts in the law were sitting there, and they were debating within themselves, "How can this fellow speak like this? He is insulting God. Who can forgive sins except one person--God?" Je...
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...
ἨΓΈΡΘΗ, ΚΑῚ ΕΥ̓ΘῪΣ ἌΡΑΣ … ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ ἜΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ. Lk. substitutes three words, each of which is characteristic of his style, παραχρῆμα�, of which ἀναστάς is an improvement, showing that the man rai...
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...
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DISCOURSE: 1418 THE PARALYTIC HEALED Mark 2:8. And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?...
WE NEVER SAW, &C.— _We never saw any thing like this._ Heylin. _By the sea-side,_ in the next verse, is meant, _By the lake of Gennesareth._...
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 immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. AND IMMEDIATELY HE AROSE,...
4 Eastern houses have flat roofs with battlements, easily accessible from the ground, and a place of resort, especially in the evening. The roof usually was covered with quite a thickness of earth, la...
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...
WE NEVER SAW IT ON THIS FASHION. — St. Matthew gives the substance but not the words. St. Luke, “We have seen strange things to-day.”...
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)....
Thus far of the sick man, how he got to Jesus, and the sympathetic reception he met with. Now the scribes begin to play their part. They find their opportunity in the sympathetic word of Jesus: thy si...
tells how the man did as bidden, to the astonishment of all spectators. πάντας, all, without exception, scribes included? (Kloster.) It might have been so had the sentence stopped there. For no doubt...
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...
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all (f) amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. (f) Literally, "past the...
This paralytic is not the same as that mentioned in St. John; for that distressed man had no one to assist him, whereas this person had four; the former was by the side of the Probatica, but the latte...
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...
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 IMMEDIATELY HE AROSE,.... Power going along with the words of Christ, he found himself perfectly well; and at once sprung up from off his bed, AND TOOK UP HIS BED, upon his shoulders, with all th...
And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. Ver. 12. _We never saw it on...
_When Jesus saw their faith_ The faith of the bearers of the paralytic, as well as of the paralytic himself, manifested by their making these extraordinary efforts to bring him to Jesus, he had compas...
ON THIS FASHION; they never before saw any one who could thus cure the palsy....
AND IMMEDIATELY HE AROSE, TOOK UP THE BED, AND WENT FORTH BEFORE THEM ALL, INSOMUCH THAT THEY WERE ALL AMAZED, AND GLORIFIED GOD, SAYING, WE NEVER SAW IT ON THIS FASHION. The leaders of the Jews had w...
Christ's defense against the scribes:...
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,...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 2:1...
Mark 2:12 G2532 Immediately G2112 arose G1453 (G5681) up G142 (G5660) bed G2895 and G2532 out...
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...
‘And he arose, and immediately took up the mattress and went out in front of them all, with the result that they were all amazed and glorified God saying, “We have never seen anything like this”.' Thi...
Mark 2:12. BEFORE THEM ALL. A hint that the account comes from an eye-witness. THEY WERE ALL AMAZED _,_ etc. Matthew, ‘feared;' Luke combines all three, and tells that the man also glorified God. Th...
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....
BEFORE THEM ALL (εμπροσθεν παντων). Luke 5:25 follows Mark in this detail. He picked up (αρας) his pallet and walked and went home as Jesus had commanded him to do (Mark 2:11). It was an amazing pro...
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, insomuch 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, inasmuch 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...
_We never saw it on this fashion._ THE NEW FASHION I. Do not disbelieve the gospel because it surprises you. 1. Nothing stands in the way of real knowledge so much as prejudice. 2. Many things whi...
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...
Acts 4:21; John 7:31; John 9:32; Luke 13:13; Luke 17:15;...
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...
HELPERS AND HINDERERS Mark 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Back in Capernaum. Once more we find our Master in the city by the sea. He loved Galilee. So many of His wonderful messages and marvelous mirac...
They were all amazed — Even the scribes themselves for a time....