thoughts on Mark 2:23-28
They've done it again. It won't be the last time. Jesus' disciples aren't acting the way their supposed to be acting. Here they are walking past grainfields and picking some grain to eat...on the Sabbath.
Here's a question for everyone: Are the Pharisees just lurking in the background while Jesus is doing his ministry? Do they just pop out at random times and accuse the disciples and Jesus of wrongdoing? I'm trying to get a mental image of this. It's quite funny actually.
Jesus responds by reminding them of 1 Samuel 21:1-6. The Pharisees were well aware of this passage. But more so is the comparison of Jesus to David and his disciples to David's companions. I'm astounded at the parallels between the OT and the NT gospels.
"So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (2:28) Another additional claim to authority. Remember 2:10, "the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins." Jesus is gathering popularity and animosity simultaneously through the first two chapters of Mark.
Here's a question for everyone: Are the Pharisees just lurking in the background while Jesus is doing his ministry? Do they just pop out at random times and accuse the disciples and Jesus of wrongdoing? I'm trying to get a mental image of this. It's quite funny actually.
Jesus responds by reminding them of 1 Samuel 21:1-6. The Pharisees were well aware of this passage. But more so is the comparison of Jesus to David and his disciples to David's companions. I'm astounded at the parallels between the OT and the NT gospels.
"So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (2:28) Another additional claim to authority. Remember 2:10, "the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins." Jesus is gathering popularity and animosity simultaneously through the first two chapters of Mark.