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Lenski on Chapter 2 of Mark:
All the pericopes from 2:1 to 3:6 emphasize the Jewish opposition to Jesus. This feature has led some commentators to make 2 :l-3:6 a subdivision of Mark's Gospel. But Mark himself furnishes us a better clue to the division he intended to make. He closes the first subdivision in a ratiier unmistakable way by a sum mary view of Jesus' activity, 1:35-39; he does the same in 3:7-12 in closing the second subdivision; the appointment of the Twelve as apostles, 3:13, etc., un doubtedly begins the third subdivision. We deem it best to follow these marks which are introduced with such plainness by the evangelist himself. The hostility of the Jews that runs through most of the pericopes in the second subdivision lends its own characterization to these paragraphs while Mark still abides by his great theme to exhibit Jesus as the Son of God by means of his mighty words and works.
2 και παλιν εισηλθεν εις καπερναουμ δι ημερων, και ηκουσθη, οτι εις οικον εστιν
2 και ευθεως συνηχθησαν πολλοι, ωστε μηκετι χωρειν μηδε τα προς την θυραν, και ελαλει αυτοις τον λογον
3 και ερχονται προς αυτον παραλυτικον φεροντες αιρομενον υπο τεσσαρων
4 και μη δυναμενοι προσεγγισαι αυτω, δια τον οχλον, απεστεγασαν την στεγην
οπου ην, και εξορυξαντες χαλωσιν τον κραββατον εφ ω ο παραλυτικος κατεκειτο
stegosaurus - lizard
These could easily be lifted and afterward put into place again. The real difficulty lies in the removal of the support of the tiles. All we have to express this is the participle €^o/)v|avres. Objection is voiced to what is here described as •being altogether impossible, a mere piece of imagination on the part of the evangelists. But Mark has received the account from Peter who was present when the thing was done. Some object on account of the danger to those in the room below, but no one was hurt, nothing was dropped. The entire proceeding is so unique in every way that invention of the facts or embellishment of lesser facts are most certainly excluded. So the man was lowered on his (more common than, Matthew and Luke, or , Luke) right down in the middle of the room in front of Jesus (Luke).
5 ιδων δε ο ιησους την πιστιν αυτων, λεγει τω παραλυτικω "τεκνον αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι σου"
6 ησαν δε τινες των γραμματεων εκει καθημενοι και διαλογιζομενοι εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων
7 τι ουτος ουτως λαλει βλασφημιας - τις δυναται αφιεναι αμαρτιας ει μη εις ο θεος
8 και ευθεως επιγνους ο ιησους τω πνευματι αυτου, οτι ουτως διαλογιζονται εν εαυτοις, ειπεν αυτοις, "τι ταυτα διαλογιζεσθε εν ταις καρδιαις υμων?"
9 τι εστιν ευκοπωτερον ειπειν τω παραλυτικω, αφεωνται σοι αι αμαρτιαι, η ειπειν εγειραι και αρον σου τον κραββατον και περιπατει
10 ινα δε ειδητε οτι εξουσιαν εχει ο υιος του ανθρωπου αφιεναι επι της γης αμαρτιας, λεγει τω παραλυτικω
11 σοι λεγω, εγειραι και αρον τον κραββατον σου, και υπαγε εις τον οικον σου
12 και ηγερθη ευθεως, και αρας τον κραββατον, εξηλθεν εναντιον παντων, ωστε εξιστασθαι παντας και δοξαζειν τον θεον, λεγοντας οτι ουδεποτε ουτως ειδομεν.
Lenski
This is the great a^cats, "dismissal" or "remission," of which the Scriptures speak so constantly. In the entire Bible no sweeter word meets the sinner's eye. The sins are sent away from the sinner so completely That they shall never be found again, to the depth of the sea (Micah 7:10), are blotted out so as to be removed from the record (Isa. 43:25); are removed from the sinner as far as the east is from the west (Ps. 103). This is what we usually call "forgiveness," and stronger descriptions of it cannot be found. Only God is able to send our sins away in this manner.
