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Mark 2 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus heals a paralytic let down through the roof, calls Levi, and clashes with religious leaders over fasting and the Sabbath. Below is a research summary for Mark 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 31
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Mark 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| νηστεύω | nēsteúō | G3522 | 6 | fast |
| παραλυτικός | paralytikós | G3885 | 5 | that had the palsy |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 7 | disciple |
| κράβαττος | krábbatos | G2895 | 4 | bed |
| ἀσκός | askós | G779 | 4 | bottle |
| σάββατον | sábbaton | G4521 | 5 | sabbath, week |
| αἴρω | aírō | G142 | 5 | away with, bear, carry, lift up |
How preachers through history handled this text
31 public-domain excerpts on Mark 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded to keep it outward observances to his real hurt. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 2:23–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Capernaum— Mark 2:1
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