Jesus Got MAD...
No, this isn't about the cleansing of the Temple. Yes Jesus got really mad that day, but this is another time. I'm reading the Gospel of Mark today and I come across this verse in Chapter 3:
So the religious leaders want to trap Jesus and there's this guy with a "shriveled hand" in the synagogue and Mark says they're watching Jesus closely to see if he'll heal on the Sabbath. Do you think about Jesus getting angry? I guess I don't. Too many images of the Jedi-Jesus - you know, no emotions, always calm and cool and spouting wisdom.
But here it's almost like he's baiting them. Doing what he KNOWS will upset them...because he's upset. But here's the thing - he's mad for all the right reasons. "...deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts."
I'm going to keep my eyes open as I read Mark for more expressions of Jesus' emotions - compassion, joy, sorrow, frustration.
The very next verse, by the way, says that they go out to plot to kill Jesus...because he healed on the Sabbath...
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
But here it's almost like he's baiting them. Doing what he KNOWS will upset them...because he's upset. But here's the thing - he's mad for all the right reasons. "...deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts."
I'm going to keep my eyes open as I read Mark for more expressions of Jesus' emotions - compassion, joy, sorrow, frustration.
The very next verse, by the way, says that they go out to plot to kill Jesus...because he healed on the Sabbath...
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