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Mark 5:23 The contrast between the unbelief of the Gerasenes and the faith of Jairus is like night and day. When the Gerasenes see Jesus’ miracle, they ask him to leave. When Jairus sees Jesus, he asks him to come. A miracle performed among people who don’t want to believe often leads to greater unbelief. Jesus often healed the sick …
Mark 5:1 Jesus goes to a non-Jewish area where most Gentiles live. The “Gerasenes” were probably non-Jews because they had a large herd of pigs. However, if the Gerasenes were Jews, they were breaking the rules of the Pentateuch because pigs are unclean animals for Jews (Leviticus 11:7). Mark 5:2 Since Jesus goes to this area, frees this man from …
Mark 4:35 Jesus worked hard and got a lot of attention from a lot of people. Now Jesus wanted to get away from the attention to rest and to be alone with the disciples. Mark 4:37 Lake Gennesaret is known for its rapid weather changes. Jesus’ disciples were experienced fishermen, yet they could not in their own strength “row ashore” …
Mark 4:31 The mustard seed is not the smallest seed in the world, but in the world of the time it was considered to be. The mustard seed had also become a proverb to describe something very small. Jesus tries to explain that the kingdom of God will not be big at first, but will start with a few insignificant …
Mark 4:24 A disciple of Jesus should be careful who he listens to; not all preachers teach the whole word of God. Jesus urged his disciples to flee from false teachers in the same way that sheep flee from an alien shepherd (John 10:5). A false teacher may look and sound like a real preacher, but when you examine what …
Mark 4:21 Jesus uses a parable to state the obvious: You don’t light a candle in a dark room and then hide it. You don’t receive the message of Jesus and then hide it. Anyone who has heard and received the good news of Jesus has a responsibility to share it with others. A congregation must never be satisfied with …
Mark 4:14 The key to understanding this parable is that the seed is the “word”. If you think that the seed represents “money”, “church activities” or “good deeds”, then you are misunderstanding the parable. One is not saved by doing good deeds but by hearing God’s word, the Bible, explained. When God’s word takes root in good soil in a …
Mark 4:2 Jesus explains difficult things in a simple way. Today it is common for preachers to do the opposite; they explain simple things in a difficult way. Mark 4:11 The “secret” is that the kingdom of God has come to earth through Jesus. Those who follow Jesus have thus become partakers of the kingdom of God. Those who do …
Mark 3:32 Jesus’ earthly adoptive father Joseph had probably been dead for some time, at least he is not mentioned in the New Testament after Jesus has turned twelve. Jesus had brothers and sisters in Nazareth (Mark 6:2-3). Mark 3:28 If Jesus had not said this, there would have been a danger that there might have been a cult around …
Mark 3:21 When Jesus lived in Nazareth, he behaved like any other human being, and when his relatives hear that he performs miracles and does not eat, they think he has gone mad. Mark 3:22 “Beelzebub” means “lord of the flies” and is the name of an ancient Canaanite god (2 Kings 1:2), and also another name for Satan. Mark …