Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

July 30, 2020

Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him.

“I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!”

Mark 1:41

Read: Mark 1: 35-45

As we saw in the previous passage, many people were being drawn to Jesus. At the end of chapter 1, the crowds were so big he could not publicly enter a town anywhere. After Jesus healed this man of leprosy, he gave the man a stern warning not to tell anyone about his healing. The warning was not an effort by Jesus to try to keep the news about his healing powers contained. Rather, it was a warning for the healed man’s benefit.

The disease called leprosy in the Bible had many social implications and caused a person with the disease to be ostracized. There was only one way to return to society; follow the Mosaic law and present yourself to a priest and make an offering in the Temple. Jesus pointed the man to the pathway toward regaining his place in society. There is no indication the man ever heeded the warning and followed his instructions.

My Takeaway: The man healed of leprosy is not alone. I know I have not been obedient to all of Jesus’ claims on my life. Mark’s Gospel has already raised many issues of conviction in my life, and we have only read the first chapter. How are you doing?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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