Tuesday, June 06, 2006
HIS OWN PEOPLE
Mark 3:21. And when His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
This verse identifies the reactions of His own people; quite possibly His brothers and Mary could be included in these as we see them personally identified in verses 31-32 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him. 32. And a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You." Whether on not they are included in this instance we cannot be certain but we can be sure that His own people were concerned to the point that when they heard of this encounter they wanted to remove Him from it. His own people were interested in protecting Him from Himself and the demanding crowd that He poured all His compassion into.
The way they had intended to rescue Him was to take custody of Him. The expressed idea is to seize Him into their own protection so that refreshment would ensue without the requests of the demanding crowd. His own people had good intentions but their motives were reflective of the faithlessness that caused Jesus to lament the words of Matt. 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.”
His own people publicly stated; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
This is tragic to think that Jesus has shown His own people great supernatural power and ability and yet associates with the “less-than-admirable” lending to their ideas that the Pharisees and religious may be correct in their confrontation.
This verse identifies the reactions of His own people; quite possibly His brothers and Mary could be included in these as we see them personally identified in verses 31-32 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him. 32. And a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You." Whether on not they are included in this instance we cannot be certain but we can be sure that His own people were concerned to the point that when they heard of this encounter they wanted to remove Him from it. His own people were interested in protecting Him from Himself and the demanding crowd that He poured all His compassion into.
The way they had intended to rescue Him was to take custody of Him. The expressed idea is to seize Him into their own protection so that refreshment would ensue without the requests of the demanding crowd. His own people had good intentions but their motives were reflective of the faithlessness that caused Jesus to lament the words of Matt. 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.”
His own people publicly stated; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
This is tragic to think that Jesus has shown His own people great supernatural power and ability and yet associates with the “less-than-admirable” lending to their ideas that the Pharisees and religious may be correct in their confrontation.
# posted by Castusfumus : 4:58 PM
