He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
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He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
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And by and by he arose toke vp the beed and went forth before them all: in so moche that they were all amased and glorified God sayinge: we never sawe it on this fassion.
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And by and by he arose, and tooke vp his bed, and went foorth before them all, in so much that they were all amased, and glorified God, saying, We neuer sawe such a thing.
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Passages linked to Mark 2:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- Matthew 9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- Luke 7:16 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
- John 9:32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
- Matthew 12:23 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”
- Matthew 15:31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Mark 1:27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
- Luke 5:26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
- Luke 13:13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
- Luke 17:15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- John 7:31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
- Acts 4:21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Word for word, past themselves, or out of their…
Word for word, past themselves, or out of their wits.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed,…
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Ver. 12. We never saw it on this fashion] Or thus, ουτως: Bullinger observeth of this evangelist, quod facum saecularis sapientiae et eloquentiae, rei per se alioqui splendidissimae, nusquam allevit, that he cares not to gild gold, or muddle over a topaz, but sets down things plainly without welt or guard of worldly wisdom or eloquence. Truth is like our first parents, most beautiful when naked.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he went forth again by the sea side,....…
And he went forth again by the sea side,.... The sea of Galilee, where he had met with, and called Peter and Andrew, James and John; and not far from which were the solitary place, and the desert places, where he was before he entered into Capernaum:
and all the multitude resorted unto him; who had been with him at Peter's house, and about the door, and those who could not get near him:
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and he taught them; the word of God, the Gospel, and the doctrines of it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They were all amazed - Even the scribes themselves…
They were all amazed - Even the scribes themselves for a time.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. He - took up the bed] The…
Verse 12. He - took up the bed] The words of PROSPER, on this place, are worthy of notice:-
"What is sin but a deplorable fall, a grovelling on the earth, a repose in the creature, often followed by a universal palsy of the soul; namely, an utter inability to help itself, to break off its evil habits, to walk in the ways of God, to rise or to take one good step towards him? Grace can repair all in a moment: because it is nothing but the almighty will of God, who commands and does whatever he commands."
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain This paralytic is not the same as that mentioned…
This paralytic is not the same as that mentioned in St. John; for that distressed man had no one to assist him, whereas this person had four; the former was by the side of the Probatica, but the latter in a house at Capharnaum. (Theophylactus)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And immediately he arose, took up the bed--"Sweet saying!"…
And immediately he arose, took up the bed--"Sweet saying!" says BENGEL: "The bed had borne the man: now the man bore the bed."
and went forth before them all--proclaiming by that act to the multitude, whose wondering eyes would follow him as he pressed through them, that He who could work such a glorious miracle of healing, must indeed "have power on earth to forgive sins."
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We never saw it on this fashion--"never saw it thus," or, as we say, "never saw the like." In Luke (Luk 5:26) it is, "We have seen strange [unexpected] things to-day"--referring both to the miracles wrought and the forgiveness of sins pronounced by Human Lips. In Matthew (Mat 9:8) it is, "They marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men." At forgiving power they wondered not, but that a man, to all appearance like one of themselves, should possess it!
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. immediately] Observe the suddenness and completeness of the…
12. immediately] Observe the suddenness and completeness of the cure, and contrast it with the miracles of an Elijah (1Ki_17:17-24), or an Elisha (2Ki_4:32-36).
before them all] Now yielding before him and no longer blocking up his path.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) We never saw it on this fashion.—St. Matthew…
(12) We never saw it on this fashion.—St. Matthew gives the substance but not the words. St. Luke, “We have seen strange things to-day.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The words are spoken, and the paralytic arose, and…
The words are spoken, and the paralytic arose, and straightway took up the bed (hgeryh kai euyu) such is the most approved reading and went forth before them all. There is a spiritual application of this miracle which it is well to notice. The paralytic lifting up himself is a figure of him who, in the strength of Christ, has lifted himself up from the lethargy of sin. He has first applied to Christ, perhaps by his own sense of his need, perhaps with the help of others. He may have had difficulty in approaching him. A multitude of sinful thoughts and cares may have thronged the door. But at length, whether alone or with the kind assistance of faithful friends, he has been brought to the feet of Jesus, and has heard those words of love and power, "Thy sins are forgiven thee." And then he will rise and walk. He will take up that whereon he lay. He will carry away those things whereon he has hitherto found satisfaction his love of ease, his self-indulgence. His bed, whatever it may have been whereon he lay, becomes the proof of his cure. When the intemperate man becomes sober, the passionate man gentle, and the covetous man liberal, he takes up that whereon he lay. Thus does each penitent man begin a new life; setting forward with new hopes and new powers towards his true home, eternal in the heavens.
We are not informed of the effect of this miracle upon the scribes and Pharisees. But it is too evident that, though they could not deny the fact, they would not acknowledge the power; while the mass of the people, more free from prejudice, and therefore more open to conviction, united in giving glory to God. Faith in Christ as sent by God was in fact increasing amongst the mass of the people; while unbelief was working its deadly result of envy and malice amongst those who ought to have been their guides and instructors.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain We never saw it on this fashion.
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We never saw it on this fashion.
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The new fashion
I. Do not disbelieve the gospel because it surprises you.
1. Nothing stands in the way of real knowledge so much as prejudice.
2. Many things which we know to be true would not have been believed by our fathers if they had been revealed to them.
3. There are many things which are undoubted facts which certain classes of men find it hard to believe.
4. The fact that a gospel statement seems new and astonishing ought not to create unbelief in the mind.
II. There are very singular and surprising things in the gospel.
1. That the gospel should come to people whom it regards as incapable.
2. That the gospel calls upon men to do what they cannot do.
3. That whilst the gospel bids men do what they cannot of themselves do, they actually do it.
4. This paralyzed man was healed-
(a) at once,
(b) without any ceremony,
(c) perfectly,
(d) evidently.
So is it when the gospel saves the soul.
III. If it be so with you, then go and glorify god. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Prejudice a stumbling block
Theories are the nuisances of science: the rubbish that must be swept away that the precious facts may be made bare. If you go to the study of a subject, saying to yourself, This is how the matter must shape itself, having beforehand made up your mind what the facts ought to be, you will have put in your own way a difficulty more severe than the subject itself could place there. Prejudice is the stumbling block of advance. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
New things may be true things
When an observer first discovered that there were spots on the sun he reported it, but he was called before his father confessor and upbraided for having reported anything of the kind. The Jesuit father said that he had read Aristotle through several times and he had found no mention in Aristotle of any spots in the sun, and therefore there could be no such things. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
The inconceivable may be true
If our forefathers could have been informed that men would travel at forty or fifty miles an hour, drawn by a steam engine, they would have shaken their heads and laughed the prediction to scorn. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Sense not to limit faith
Some time ago a missionary had told his black congregation that in the winter time the water in England became so hard that a man could walk upon it. Now they believed a good deal that he told them, but they did not believe that. One of them was brought over to England. The frost came at length, and the missionary took his black friend down to it; and although he stood upon the ice himself he could not persuade the Negro to venture. No, he said, but I never saw it so. I have lived fifty years in my own country, and I never saw a man walk on a river before. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Gods power not to be limited by human calculation
If you are longing for a great salvation you must not sit down and calculate the Godhead by inches, and measure out the merit of Christ by ells, and calculate whether He can do this or do that. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
The most senseless limit of evidence is the limit of the senses
But there is a great proneness to fix just such limits as these. Said a shrewd pastor in Massachusetts, when a new method of church work was proposed to him by a visiting brother, No, no, that wouldnt go down with my people; its too novel. There are two objections which my people raise against any fresh thing which I propose to them; one is, We never tried that thing here: the other is, We tried that here once, and it didnt go. Either of these objections is fatal. Such people as that dont all live in Massachusetts, nor in Palestine. (H. C. Trumbull.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:12 We’ve never seen anything like this before! Mark…
2:12 We’ve never seen anything like this before! Mark consistently records Jesus creating amazement (1:22, 27; 4:41; 6:50-51).
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