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NASB | Mark 2:20 "But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 2:20 "But the days will come when the bridegroom is [forcefully] taken away from them, and they will fast at that time. |
Bible Question: Please explain Mark 2:20-22. |
Bible Answer: "Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah." "We are to fast (Matt 6:16ff)." ??? Matthew 6:16 (NASB) "Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites [do,] for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full." "Whenever" does not equal "Thou shalt." It is true that "Jesus and the disciples sanctioned it by their own example." However, "sanctioned" is not equal to "commanded." Fasting is defined as "abstinence from food and/or drink as an element of private or public religious devotion. Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah and, in fact, is never attested earlier than the time of the judges of Israel (cf. Judges 20:26). The fact that Jesus and the disciples sanctioned it by their own example (Matt 4:2; Acts 13:2-3), however, is sufficient justification for its practice in biblical times and, in fact, in modern times as well. (...) "The purpose of fasting is never explicitly stated in Scripture but its connection to penitence, mourning, and supplication suggests a self-denial that opens one to God and to the immaterial aspects of life. " Eugene H. Merrill Bibliography. John E. Baird, What the Bible Says About Fasting; R. D. Chatham, Fasting: A Biblical-Historical Study; Joseph F. Wimmer, Fasting in the New Testament: A Study in Biblical Theology. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/) |
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