JLE#14: Reading Notes Gospel of Mark, Part A

 Gospel of Mark 

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Notes: 
Jesus exits the ship only to find a man who looks in rough shape.  Bleeding and talking to himself the man is clearly undertaken by demons.  After a long voyage, Jesus still decides to help the man.  The demons spoke for the man and Jesus asks the man for his name.  The spirits answer for him exclaiming their name was "legion" (legion from my understanding is thousands of troops).  Could have been possible for there to be thousands of spirits living inside the man.  Jesus demanded the spirits to leave the man and sent them into a pen of nearby pigs.  The pigs, overtaken by the legion spirits, began squealing and all run off a cliff to their ultimate deaths. 

Possibly write more of a story for the man that Jesus helped.  After he told the people of the nearby city and wrote about his experience what did he do?  We don't get to read any more about it.  It is worth mentioning the other healing stories.  I feel like instead of Jesus going to cities and healing there could be a part where he rests.  The people who need His word and powers can make the effort to come to him.  I enjoy reading about the stories of him healing because it is fulfilling to hear about someone being blessed in a time of need. 


Source: King James Bible

Main focus: Jesus the Healer

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