Exegesis On Mark2:15-17

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Exegesis and Hermeneutics on Mark 2:15-17 Context: This is part of a narrative which tells the story of the Scribes and Pharisees questioning Jesus about choosing to eat with ‘ “sinners” and tax collectors’ [2:16] at the house of Levi, but it could also be seen as a parable due to what Jesus says in reply to the Pharisees. The narrative then expands further Levi been called by Jesus to follow Him when he was seen at the taxes stand. Before Mark2:15-17, Jesus had performed many miracles including, driving out evil spirits, Healing Simons mother-in-law, a leprosy sufferer and a paralytic. Due to Him having many followers at this stage, Jesus found it increasingly difficult to go into the towns so he chose to stay in secluded areas but the people still went in search for Jesus. Now the scribes who were the Pharisees despised Jesus because of His many miracles as they believed that only by Gods ‘Will’ could this be done, but Jesus was aware of the way that they were thinking and doubting His actions. They were then quickly silenced by the paralytic getting up and walking as it left everyone without words. It is then that Jesus shows the Pharisees that He was the Son of Man and His purpose was to save the lost and not the found. Mark was written roughly around the AD 60 - AD 70 period which many Christians are certain of the fact that it was the first Gospel to be written after the death of Jesus about thirty years after these happenings. The author is one of two possibilities, Mark, the twelve disciple who wrote it himself, or a fellow Jew, John Mark who appeared further on in the Bible around the times of Peter, Paul and Barnabas who could have been a family member of John Mark as it states in [Col 4:10] and is also fairly prominent in Acts e.g. [Acts12:12, 15:36-40] [NBC. 1994. Pp.946] Composition: Jesus’ meal with ‘”sinners” and tax

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