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1 | Mark 14:51 | Mark 14:51 | RonaldoB | 186881 | ||
Hi –My wife and I have been reading from a book called "Sparkling Gems from the Greek", by Rick Renner, we enjoy how Rick Renner breaks downs words into their Greek meaning to give the scripture passage a deeper meaning and a deeper perception then we had before. During Lent we were reading; John 18:6 So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. Renner points out how this is the power of God speaking, “I AM” it was such a powerful moment the 300 soldiers accompanying Judas actually were pushed to the ground. Last night we were reading; Mark 14:51 A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. Mark 14:52 But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked. I never really gave this passage much attention, but Renner implies that at the moment Jesus says “I AM” this boy was raised from the dead. Awesome! Apparently when people of that time were buried they were placed in the tomb naked, covered with a linen sheet. For sure the boy would want to follow Jesus after being raised from the dead. Comments? |
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2 | Mark 14:51 | Mark 14:51 | DocTrinsograce | 186882 | ||
Hi, Ron... Welcome to the forum! Although this word for linen cloth is, indeed, the same word as that used in Luke 23:53, there is no reason to believe that the young man was raised from the dead. I would venture the following reasons: (1) Verse 51 explicitly states that the purpose of the cloth was to "cover his nakedness;" (2) The other gospel references to raising of the dead, plainly explain to us that the dead were raised to life, rather than leave it tacit, as you've suggested; (3) this rendering differs from the general understanding of the church; (4) church tradition holds that the identify of this young man was Mark -- the author of this gospel (the only one to mention this incident); (5) basing a miracle of resurrection upon the common use of this single word is insufficient to overcome the simpler explanation which has always been rendered by the church. I encourage people not to base an interpretation of a Scripture on a single source. Anything that no one else has ever seen in the Scriptures is always suspect. Two thousand years of Bible study has been pretty thorough. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Mark 14:51 | Mark 14:51 | skccab | 186886 | ||
Hi Doc, Words to comtemplate "church tradition." Renaldo is not offering "gospel" any more than our esteemed scholars of old. He is just offering perhaps a fresh view of the scene in question. When it comes right down to it, we won't know many of these things for sure till our Lord tells us in person. Yes, the Holy Spirit does give revelation to us today, but He still has to deal with our feeble human brains. I bet the old scholars had to fight through a lot of opposition too, for their views at the time were probably contrary to "church tradition" of the time. blessings cheri |
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4 | Mark 14:51 | Mark 14:51 | DocTrinsograce | 186891 | ||
Dear Cheri, Regarding revelation, please see post #164985. Regarding tradition, please see post #182013. See also the "golden rule" of Biblical interpretation in post #156918. Drs. Fee and Stuart begin the introduction to their book "How to Read the Bible for All its Worth" making the following statement, well worth our remembrance: "We are also agreed that the preacher or teacher is all too often prone to dig first and look later, and thereby to cover up the plain meaning of the text, which often lies on the surface. Let it be said at the outset -- and repeated throughout -- that the aim of good interpretation is not uniqueness; one is not trying to discover what no one else has ever seen before. "Interpretation that aims at, or thrives on, uniqueness can usually be attributed to pride (an attempt to 'out clever' the rest of the world), a false understanding of spirituality (wherein the Bible is full of deep truths waiting to be mined by the spiritually sensitive person with special insight), or vested interests (the need to support a theological bias, especially in dealing with texts that seem to go against that bias). Unique interpretations are usually wrong. This is not to say that the correct understanding of a text may not often seem unique to someone who hears it for the first time. But it is to say that uniqueness is not the aim of our task." In Him, Doc |
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5 | Mark 14:51 | Mark 14:51 | skccab | 186892 | ||
Hi Doc, Thank you for responding so kindly. I'm getting ready for my midnight shift, and have no internet at work, but I will most definitely check out your references in the morning. I pray that all of you have a blessed evening in the Word tonight blessings cheri |
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