Mark 2

The earliest written gospel material was anonymous but attributed to a man named Mark.

Comments
v4 the "bed" that was let down was "a different word from St. Matthew, the Greek form of the Latin word grabatus, the pallet or camp-bed used by the poor. The same word appears in John 5:8-10, and in Acts 5:15; Acts 9:33, but not at all in St. Matthew or St. Luke."
The 4 people who let the man through the roof they had broken open were desperate to to present the paralyzed man to Christ.
V5 Jesus when he saw their faith it moved him to say, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Christ's power to forgive sin, was passed to the apostles in [John 20]]:23 " Whose soever sins ye remit(aphēte)^[1], they are (aphētai)remitted^[1] unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain(kratēte)^[2], they are retained.(kekratēntai)^[2]" The ministers of the Church, the called out, were health, education, and welfare of the kingdom of God for those faithfuly seeking the way believers who repented and were baptised.
The systems in places like Sodom and Sumer weakened the people which Polybius speaks of a system of social welfare that will degenerate the masses. There should be a moral criteria and discretionary ministering to the people.
V6 Certain scribes had a view concerning sin and the forgiveness of sin. We can all forgive sin but we do not all have the power to absolve the consequences of sin.




Questions

[1] And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised^[3] that he was in the house.

[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, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four(carried by four).

[4] And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

[5] When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

[6] But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

[7] Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

[8] And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason^[4] ye these things in your hearts?

[9] Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

[10] But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power^[5] on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

[11] I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

[12] 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.

[13] And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

[14] And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

[15] And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

[16] And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

[17] When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

[18] And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

[19] And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

[20] But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

[21] No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

[22] And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

[23] And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

[24] And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

[25] And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

[26] How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

[27] And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 863 ἀφίημι aphiemi [af-ee’-ay-mee] from 575 and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go); v; TDNT- 1:509,88; [{See TDNT 115 }] AV-leave 52, forgive 47, suffer 14, let 8, forsake 6, let alone 6, misc 13; 146
1) to send away
1a) to bid going away or depart
1a1) of a husband divorcing his wife

1b) to send forth, yield up, to expire

1c) to let go, let alone, let be
1c1) to disregard

1c2) to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic) 1c21) of teachers, writers and speakers

1c3) to omit, neglect

1d) to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit

1e) to give up, keep no longer

2) to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person

3) to leave, go way from one
3a) in order to go to another place

3b) to depart from any one

3c) to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned

3d) to desert wrongfully

3e) to go away leaving something behind

3f) to leave one by not taking him as a companion

3g) to leave on dying, leave behind one

3h) to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining

3i) abandon, leave destitute
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ‭2902. κρατεω krateo krat-eh’-o; from kratos 2904 power, dominion; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively): — hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
↑ 191 ἀκούω akouo [ak-oo’-o] a root; v; TDNT-1:216,34; [{See TDNT 43 }] AV-hear 418, hearken 6, give audience 3, hearer 2, misc 8; 437
1) to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

2) to hear
2b) to attend to, consider what is or has been said

2c) to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

3) to hear something
3a) to perceive by the ear what is announced in one’s presence

3b) to get by hearing learn

3c) a thing comes to one’s ears, to find out, learn

3d) to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

3e) to comprehend, to understand
↑ {{1260}
↑ 1849 ~ἐξουσία~ exousia \@ex-oo-see’-ah\@ from 1832 (in the sense of ability); n f AV-power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1; 103 See Romans 13
1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
1a) leave or permission

2) physical and mental power
2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises

3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)

4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
4a) universally
4a1) authority over mankind

4b) specifically
4b1) the power of judicial decisions

4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs

4c) metonymically
4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
4c1a) jurisdiction

4c2) one who possesses authority

4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate

4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates

4d) a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself

4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown

For Synonyms see entry 5820

[aphiemi-1] 1.0 ^1.1 863 ἀφίημι aphiemi [af-ee’-ay-mee] from 575 and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go); v; TDNT- 1:509,88; [{See TDNT 115 }] AV-leave 52, forgive 47, suffer 14, let 8, forsake 6, let alone 6, misc 13; 146
1) to send away
1a) to bid going away or depart
1a1) of a husband divorcing his wife

1b) to send forth, yield up, to expire

1c) to let go, let alone, let be
1c1) to disregard

1c2) to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic) 1c21) of teachers, writers and speakers

1c3) to omit, neglect

1d) to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit

1e) to give up, keep no longer

2) to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person

3) to leave, go way from one
3a) in order to go to another place

3b) to depart from any one

3c) to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned

3d) to desert wrongfully

3e) to go away leaving something behind

3f) to leave one by not taking him as a companion

3g) to leave on dying, leave behind one

3h) to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining

3i) abandon, leave destitute

[krateo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ‭2902. κρατεω krateo krat-eh’-o; from kratos 2904 power, dominion; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively): — hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).

[akouo-3] 191 ἀκούω akouo [ak-oo’-o] a root; v; TDNT-1:216,34; [{See TDNT 43 }] AV-hear 418, hearken 6, give audience 3, hearer 2, misc 8; 437
1) to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

2) to hear
2b) to attend to, consider what is or has been said

2c) to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

3) to hear something
3a) to perceive by the ear what is announced in one’s presence

3b) to get by hearing learn

3c) a thing comes to one’s ears, to find out, learn

3d) to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

3e) to comprehend, to understand

[dialogizomai-4] {{1260}

[exousia-5] 1849 ~ἐξουσία~ exousia \@ex-oo-see’-ah\@ from 1832 (in the sense of ability); n f AV-power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1; 103 See Romans 13
1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
1a) leave or permission

2) physical and mental power
2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises

3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)

4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
4a) universally
4a1) authority over mankind

4b) specifically
4b1) the power of judicial decisions

4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs

4c) metonymically
4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
4c1a) jurisdiction

4c2) one who possesses authority

4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate

4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates

4d) a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself

4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown

For Synonyms see entry 5820

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