Monday, June 05, 2006
DEMANDS OF MINISTRY
In the following verses/this section we will note the reactions provoked on account of Jesus’ ministry by His own family, the multitudes that would readily assemble around Him, and the religious leadership.
Mark begins the chronology in a fast paced narrative that initiates right after His conflict with the Pharisees over the healing in the synagogue and the choosing of the twelve disciples.
Mark 3:20. And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
We are given the facts that Jesus’ ministry was difficult do to the multitude that gathered again. The gathering of this crowd took place when He was returning home. However, the “and” that begins this verse really serves no assistance in a time location but only that of additional information. This information reveals the difficulty that Jesus had in His ministry with this reassembling of people wherever He would go. This particular time Mark tells us that the difficulty was to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. This crowd was so demanding of Jesus, and there is no doubt that His compassion drove Him to the point of neglecting His own comfort to satisfy the legitimate need of the multitude.
Mark begins the chronology in a fast paced narrative that initiates right after His conflict with the Pharisees over the healing in the synagogue and the choosing of the twelve disciples.
Mark 3:20. And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
We are given the facts that Jesus’ ministry was difficult do to the multitude that gathered again. The gathering of this crowd took place when He was returning home. However, the “and” that begins this verse really serves no assistance in a time location but only that of additional information. This information reveals the difficulty that Jesus had in His ministry with this reassembling of people wherever He would go. This particular time Mark tells us that the difficulty was to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. This crowd was so demanding of Jesus, and there is no doubt that His compassion drove Him to the point of neglecting His own comfort to satisfy the legitimate need of the multitude.
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