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...
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...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
IMMEDIATELY.. keyword of this Gospel, to mark the activities of Jehovah's Servant. Soo note on Mark 1:12. PERCEIVED. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. IN HIS SPIRIT. in Himself. Greek. _pneuma._ See App...
_in his spirit_ His soul was human, but His "Spirit" was divine, and by this divine faculty He penetrated and then revealed to them the "thoughts and counsels of their hearts," comp. Hebrews 4:12. On...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΕΥ̓ΘῪΣ ἘΠΙΓΝΟῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. Mk alone states that Christ knew instantaneously, and that it was in His spirit that He did so. It was in the higher part of His human nature (Mark 8:12), in which He had co...
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...
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?...
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 when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? AND IMMEDIATELY WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN HI...
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...
2:8 knowing (e-4) _ Epiginosko_ . 'knowing well,' or 'recognizing because he knew.' see Matthew 7:16 ....
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...
WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN HIS SPIRIT. — The special mention of the spirit as the region of our Lord’s consciousness is, as part of this narrative, peculiar to St. Mark, and is not without importance in...
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...
εὐθὺς ἐπιγνοὺς : Jesus read their thoughts _at once_, and through and through (ἐπὶ). τῷ πνεύματι, by His _spirit_, as distinct from the ear, they having said nothing....
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...
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, WHEN JESUS PERCEIVED IN HIS SPIRIT,.... "His own Spirit", as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read; not his human soul, nor the holy Spirit of God, though both...
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? Ver. 8. _Perceived in his spirit_] That is, b...
_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...
PERCEIVED IN HIS SPIRIT; by his knowledge of their hearts....
Christ's defense against the scribes:...
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!' v.. WHETHER IS IT EASIER TO SAY TO THE SICK...
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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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV of our heretic. Now, that the very Lord Himself of all might, the Word and Spirit of the Father,[671] Tertullian On Baptism But if repentance is a thing human, it...
Mark 2:8 But G2532 immediately G2112 Jesus G2424 perceived G1921 (G5631) His G846 spirit G4151 that G3754 reasoned...
‘And immediately Jesus, perceiving in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, says to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts? Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, ‘Your...
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...
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....
Mark 2:8. IN HIS SPIRIT. An immediate and supernatural knowledge is thus indicated: itself no slight evidence of His power to forgive sins. WHY REASON YE? Comp, on Matthew 9:4, where their thoughts...
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 2:8 The text shows I. An important aspect of human power. Secrecy; having two lives. These considerations make us mysteries to one another. II. A startling instance of Divine insight. III. A...
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...
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...
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...
_But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins._ THE EASE OF DIVINE POWER I think it is impossible not to be struck with this narrative. He not only shows His power he...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:8 PERCEIVING... THAT THEY THUS QUESTIONED WITHIN THEMSELVES. See note on Matt. 24:36. ⇐...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:17; Acts 5:3; Acts 8:22; Ezekiel 38:10; Hebrews 4:13;...
Perceived [ε π ι γ ν ο υ ς]. The preposition ejpi gives the force of fully. He was not only immediately aware of their thought, but clearly and fully aware....
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...