Mark's Gospel: Chapter 2
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Learn the keywords, read the article, answer the questions, and then book a lesson with a language tutor.
Key words
- Paralysed: unable to move or act
The accident left her paralysed from the waist down.
- Scholar: a person with great knowledge, usually of a particular subject
Dr. Miles was a scholar of Russian history.
- Blasphemy: something that you say or do that shows you do not respect God or a religion
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was accused of blasphemy.
- Fast: a period of time when you eat no food
Some Christians fast for 40 days before Easter.
- Sabbath: the seventh day of the week observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening as a day of rest and worship by Jews and some Christians
The word Sabbath is first used in the book - Genesis.
Read the article to find the answers
- Why did the group of friends break into the house where Jesus was?
- What did the religious scholars think to themselves about Jesus?
- Why did Jesus eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
- What was the Sabbath made for?
Jesus Heals
After a few days Jesus returned to Capernaum to preach and everyone heard about it. The place where He was staying was completely surrounded. A group of friends brought a paralysed man to see Him. But they couldn't get through the crowd. Determined to reach Jesus, they went up to the roof, broke through it, and lowered the paralyzed man down on a stretcher.