Exploring the Scriptures Together
Mark 2:13-17 and Luke 5:27-32 “Notice what you notice.” OK, so I missed my first day of posting this year. But hopefully you can forgive me. Up at 4:30 am, UK Hospital at 6:00, hip replacement surgery, then grogginess, nausea and sleep all day. Just didn’t happen…! So today will be another light day, looking …
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Luke 5:17-26 “Notice what you notice.” Today we have Luke’s coverage of the healing of the paralytic. Why is it so often the case with me that something jumps out at me in the first verse of the reading for the day??!! Obviously, again today: …Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who …
Mark 2:1-12 “Notice what you notice.” Today we have Mark’s coverage of the healing of the paralytic. On a first-time reading of this event, the item that is most shocking/surprising to most people is the lowering of the paralytic through a hole in the roof. I can clearly recall my early (and continuing) thoughts on …
Matthew 9:1-17 “Notice what you notice.” Today we have three events taking place at Capernaum – the healing of the paralytic, the calling of Matthew/Levi, and the issue of fasting. Today’s reading covers all three of those events in Matthew’s Gospel. The next six days will break down each of these events into Mark’s and …
Luke 5:12-16 “Notice what you notice.” Luke has two items that are not included in Matthew or Mark, and both jumped out at me. In verse 12 the man who approached Jesus was full of leprosy (NKJV, ESV). And verse 16 says that Jesus …would withdraw to desolate places and pray. What to make of …
Mark 1:40-45 “Notice what you notice.” I’m developing a new respect for Mark’s Gospel. A few days ago he added while it was still dark (v. 35) that the other writers had omitted. Today he adds Moved with compassion/pity… (v. 41) at the plight of the leper and his approach to Jesus – kneeling before …
Matthew 8:1-4 “Notice what you notice.” When much of these Gospel writings are so familiar, some days it’s hard to “notice what you notice”. That was the case today for me. Still, one item was confusing to me: …go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to …
Luke 4:42-5:11 “Notice what you notice.” As I pointed out Wednesday, the Matthew reading from two days ago would have been better placed somewhere else in our “lectionary”. Whereas Matthew’s writing is very general in nature, both Mark and Luke are more specific – Jesus comes from the Synagogue to dinner to His Sabbath healings. …
Mark 1:35-39 “Notice what you notice.” February 14, Valentine’s Day, a normal work day for most people. But if you’re related to a flower shop, well, it’s a bit more – actually, much more than “a bit more”. So that accounts for the late post, but that’s not all. Read on… So today, And rising …
Matthew 4:23-25 “Notice what you notice.” In putting these readings together I’ve mostly followed the ordering in The Chronological Study Bible (edited only for length of passage). However, today is the first case I’ve found where I could have done better. It’s a small matter, but… In today’s reading Matthew speaks in broad generalities with …