Nathan E. Lewis

Our text this morning is structurally part of the preceding text. Mark writes of Jesus expelling the demon from the man in the Capernaum synagogue, and then he tells us of his healing of Peter’s mother-in-law, finally reporting that he healed many of the sick in Capernaum casting out many demons. Mark writes his gospel to showcase the Son of Man coming into this world with visible and powerful authority over the spiritual and material realms. He not only combats the devil and his minions but he also eradicates the consequences of the common curse. (more…)