Tag: gospel of mark
Thoughts on Mark 2:18-22 (by Shelley Johnson)
If you’re like me–after having read Mark 2:18-22–you’re wondering what all the hubbub is about fasting. Using commentaries can be helpful (and challenging!), but there are basic steps any of us can more fully read and understand Scripture for ourselves, simply by paying attention to literary contexts and structures. It begins with reading for comprehension, …
Gospel Parallels: The Man with the Withered Hand
PASSAGES: Mark 3:1-6 || Matthew 12:9-14 || Luke 6:6-11
Gospel Parallels: Plucking Grain on the Sabbath
PASSAGES: Mark 2:23-28 || Matthew 12:1-8 || Luke 6:1-5
Gospel Parallels: The Question About Fasting/The Bridegroom
PASSAGES: Mark 2:18-22 || Matthew 9:14-17 || Luke 5:33-39 || John 3:29-30
Gospel Parallels: Calling of Levi/Matthew
PASSAGES: Mark 2:13-17 || Matthew 9:9-13 || Luke 5:27-32
Week 02 – Thursday | Mark 2:18-22
This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 2. Click here to see a list of each day’s readings. Each day’s segments of the readings will be posted on this site during the week. Today’s Reading: Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, “Why do the disciples …
Mark 2:3-17 and Meals
In Jesus’ context meals were not at tables with chairs. Meals were most often with people lying on the floor on pallets or slightly raised benches that would have been called “couches.” The food may have been on small raised tables in the center, or simply on the floor, likely on some kind of fabric …
Week 02 – Wednesday | Mark 2:13-17
Today’s reading is from Mark 2:13-17. Click here to see a list of each day’s readings for the Week 2. Each day’s segments of the readings will be posted on this site during the week.
Week 02 – Tuesday | Mark 2:6-12
This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 2. Click here to see a list of each day’s readings. Each day’s segments of the readings will be posted on this site during the week.
Forgiven in Mark 2:5
The Greek word for “to forgive” (afiēmi) has many uses. It means “to let go, throw, hurl, cast, send forth…throw away, abandon, unburden…release…”, just as a start. As an example of how this word and its related terms can be used, Mark has already used this word several times in what we have already read: