Sunday, August 06, 2006
All in a day's work
We have seen a lot transpire in this very day and more to come in the next section that will begin a study in the parables. The day started with Jesus healing the afflicted and moving on to the demon possessed man who was blind and dumb. At this point the religious leadership accuses Jesus of doing these miraculous works by the power of Satan. This drew His first public confrontation of the orthodox religious representatives when they asked Him for a sign of some bizarre magnitude. He labels them an evil and adulterous and evil generation and promises them condemnation twice.
Mark gives important information at the beginning of this altercation that must be seen in the context of what is transpiring while He is teaching in a house. Mark 3:20-21 And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. 21. And when His own people [His mother and brothers and sisters] heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses." The motive of His family is to protect Him from getting Himself any deeper into a situation that is not getting any better. He obviously has a magnetism about Him that will easily draw a crowd’s attention. However any crowd has the potential to become a chaotic mob. When we view the friction He has with the religious leaders, for whom most of the public sided, there is a recipe for disaster in the making. It is easy to see a mother who would say anything to defuse a situation that threatens her son. This is what is going on here but that still leaves room for internal jealousy between his brothers toward Him. We find them named in Matt. 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? Mark 6:3 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him. We are also given additional information as toward their attitude of Him in John 7:3-5 His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may behold Your works which You are doing. 4. "For no one does anything in secret, when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." 5. For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
Mark gives important information at the beginning of this altercation that must be seen in the context of what is transpiring while He is teaching in a house. Mark 3:20-21 And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. 21. And when His own people [His mother and brothers and sisters] heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses." The motive of His family is to protect Him from getting Himself any deeper into a situation that is not getting any better. He obviously has a magnetism about Him that will easily draw a crowd’s attention. However any crowd has the potential to become a chaotic mob. When we view the friction He has with the religious leaders, for whom most of the public sided, there is a recipe for disaster in the making. It is easy to see a mother who would say anything to defuse a situation that threatens her son. This is what is going on here but that still leaves room for internal jealousy between his brothers toward Him. We find them named in Matt. 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? Mark 6:3 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him. We are also given additional information as toward their attitude of Him in John 7:3-5 His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may behold Your works which You are doing. 4. "For no one does anything in secret, when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." 5. For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
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