Read Mark 1.40-2.12. 40-44 (Mt 8.2-4; Lk 5.12-14) The leper.
Leprosy referred to a variety of skin diseases; clean indicates both healing and ritual purity required for re-entry into society.
Only priests could pronounce lepers clean; the leper does not obey Jesus' commands either for silence or for priestly pronouncement.
In verse 45 Jesus' popularity as a healer interferes with his preaching.
In verses 2.1-12 (Mt 9.1-8; Lk 5.17-26) The paralytic.
In verse 5 granting forgiveness of sins was a divine prerogative.
In verse 9 the saying appears in a different context in Jn 5.8.
In verse 10 the title Son of Man has both human ("mortal") (Ezek 37.3) and superhuman
(Dan 7.13-14, 1 Enoch 37-71) connotations.
Enigmatic like the parables, the title requires hearers to determine the meaning for themselves.
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