Couple of things to note....some of the gospel writers are eyewittnesses to what Jesus did and some are not. Luke never met Jesus. He traveled with Paul quite a bit and as a result, wrote Acts. Mark, who was also known as John Mark met Jesus, but was not a disciple. Scholars think that he got a lot of material from Peter, his friend. Everything in terms of the Word is all divinely inspired by God, but some were eyewittnesse to Jesus' ministry and some were not.
Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law, so we know from his that Peter was married...Jesus drove evil spirits out of people and this fulfilled Isaiah's words:
He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.
Jesus may seem somewhat harsh in verse 22, but he know that disciple's heart....he may have been making an excuse because he wasn't fully ready to follow Jesus and Jesus knew it. We read Matthew's account of the calming of the storm and Jesus sending the Demons into a herd of pigs. Isn't that interesting that the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region? Do you think they were scared of Jesus' supernatural powers?
Mark gives us his version of the parables Jesus told, the demons in the pigs, and raising Jairus' daughter. Did you notice that Matthew talked of two men and Mark told of one? Remember that these are humans giving their perspective..Matthew was an eyewitness, Mark was not....the message was clear however that Jesus dealt with the demon possession.......His power was stronger. Mark tends to give a lot of focus to the supernatural struggles between Jesus and Satan.
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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A lot of this is same as yesterdays reading and I had a bunch of questions on yesterdays post...
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