Mark 2:6 Meaning and Explanation
“But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Some scribes sitting nearby begin to question inwardly what Jesus has said.
What Does Mark 2:6 Mean?
Among the crowd sit certain scribes—trained experts in the law of Moses. They have heard Jesus pronounce forgiveness, and though they say nothing aloud, their minds begin to churn. Mark draws back the curtain on their unspoken thoughts.
Here are men close enough to touch grace yet reasoning their way past it. The same words that lifted the paralyzed man harden the watching scholars, because they weigh Jesus by their categories rather than receive him. It is a sobering scene: nearness to Christ is not the same as faith in him. What we do in the quiet of our hearts, where no one hears, is fully known to the Lord.
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What does Mark 2:6 mean?
Some scribes sitting nearby begin to question inwardly what Jesus has said.