Mark 2:1
CAME BACK TO CAPERNAUM. After his first teaching tour through Galilee.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME BACK TO CAPERNAUM. After his first teaching tour through Galilee.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 town in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem. They came to investigate this Jesus. The whole incide... [ Continue Reading ]
A TAX COLLECTOR, LEVI. Soon to be an apostle. For the call of Matthew and Matthew's feast, see notes on Matthew 9:9-17. Compare Luke 5:27-39.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS HAVING A MEAL. Matthew has gathered a large number of his friends and associates for this feast. OUTCASTS. People who had been expelled from the synagogue.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAST. BUT YOURS DO NOT. See notes on Matthew 9:14-15.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO ONE USES A PIECE OF NEW CLOTH. Jesus was not attempting to "patch up" Judaism. See notes on Matthew 9:16-17.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS WAS WALKING THROUGH SOME WHEAT FIELDS. See notes on Matthew 12:1-8. Compare Luke 6:1-11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN ABIATHAR WAS THE HIGH PRIEST. 1 Samuel 21:1-9. [This passage speaks of Ahimelech as high priest. Abiathar was the son. But the "Church Fathers" said that _both_ father and son had _both_ names [Abiathar Ahimelech] (compare 1 Samuel 22:20; 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 18:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE GOOD OF MAN. It was not just an arbitrary law, as the Pharisees had made it. It was designed for the good of the people. It was symbolic to the Jewish people (Deuteronomy 5:15). There is no mention of "Sabbath breaking" in the catalog of sins in the New Testament.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH. This declares the Divine nature of Jesus. Only God is Lord of his own Law. [Jesus is the Eternal Logos (John 1:1).] Since Jesus is the Lord, he has the right to do with the Sabbath as he pleases. The "Christian Sabbath" comes in the Eternal World (Hebrews 4:1). Sunday wa... [ Continue Reading ]