新约 - 马可福音(Mark)第3章

Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.
Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone."
Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent.
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.
Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.
Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."
But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
He appointed twelve--designating them apostles--that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
and to have authority to drive out demons.
These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder);
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."
So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.
In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house.
I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them.
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."
He said this because they were saying, "He has an evil spirit."
Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."
马可福音第三章   第 3 章 

  可 3:2> 名利生出妒忌,妒忌生出荒谬来,这是法利赛人的悲剧。你也是这种悲剧的主角吗? 

  3:2 法利赛人已与耶稣敌对了,他们妒忌祂有好名声,行神迹,说话有权威。他们看重社会地位和个人利益到一个地步,居然连自己的身分也忘了。他们身为宗教领袖,就要把人带到神那里去,本来应该比百姓更认识弥赛亚,可惜,竟然因为地位权势而拒绝祂。耶稣揭露他们的真面目,对他们来说,祂再不是救主而是敌人,所以要设法拉人反对祂。 

  可 3:5> 耶稣发怒竟可医好一个人,我的怒气是建设性还是破坏性的? 

  3:5 耶稣恼怒法利赛人的冷漠态度。愤怒本身并没有对与错,对与错只在于发怒的原因和处理怒气的方法。我们通常是以损人利己的方法处理怒气;耶稣却恰好相反,藉着纠正问题──治好那人的手,来表达祂的愤怒。我们也要运用怒气找出解决问题的好方法,而不要让怒气伤害别人。 

  可 3:6> 3:6 关于法利赛人和希律党人,请参 2 章附表。 

  可 3:6> 法利赛人只会说人,不会说自己,我也是如此吗? 

  3:6 法利赛人规定除非是生死攸关,否则绝不可在安息日行医治病,所以,虽然耶稣做了善事,他们仍指责祂犯了律法。法利赛人一方面指责耶稣治病违反了律法,一方面却谋划杀害耶稣,显然违反不可杀人的诫命,实在讽刺得很。 

  可 3:7-8> 看这些人跟随耶稣,他们的动机可不大一样。你又是为了什么信主的呢? 

  3:7-8 宗教领袖对耶稣的嫉妒越来越深,但拥戴祂的群众也越来越多。有些人是出于好奇,有些人是为了得医治;有些人是为要找把柄攻击祂,有些人希望知道祂真的是弥赛亚不是……他们大多数只能模糊地猜想在他们中间所发生的事的真正意义。今天人们跟随耶稣仍然有各种各样的原因。 

  可 3:11> 鬼喊着耶稣是神的儿子,它们也信主么? 

  3:11 鬼知道耶稣是神的儿子,可是它们不肯转离邪恶。认识耶稣,知道祂是神的儿子不足使我们有得救的保证,我们必须愿意跟随和顺服耶稣,这才显出真正的信心(参雅 2:17 )。 

  可 3:12> 耶稣来不是要人明白祂的身分吗?为何祂又不让鬼说呢? 

  3:12 耶稣警告鬼不可揭露祂的身分,祂不想加深群众对祂的误解。群众以为先知预言的弥赛亚是一位政治军事领袖,他们正寻找这个领袖把他们从罗马政权中解放出来。耶稣要他们知道弥赛亚的真正身分跟他们的期望是迥然不同的。基督的国度是属灵的,不是从推翻政府开始,而是从推翻人们内心的罪开始。 

  可 3:14> 这十二个人真棒,他们一定有什么过人之处吧?我怎样才有资格蒙选上呢? 

  3:14 耶稣在数以百计的跟随者中拣选了十二个作使徒。使徒的意思是使者或奉派作代表的人。耶稣选他们不是因为他们的信心,他们的信心常常摇动不定;也不是因为他们的天赋和能力,他们也都没有出众的才华。他们各有不同的背景和人生经验,但作领袖的潜质不见得超过落选的人。只是他们都愿意顺服和跟随耶稣。耶稣升天后,圣灵充满他们,他们在初期教会的增长中负起特殊的责任。不要因为自己学历不高、能力不足而认为自己没有资格事奉基督。只要甘心乐意跟随耶稣,就可以作个好门徒。 

  可 3:14-15> 十二这个数字有什么特别呢?为什么要拣选十二门徒? 

  3:14-15 耶稣为什么要拣选十二个人呢?十二这个数目与以色列支派的数目相呼应(参太 19:28 )。耶稣的信息显示出旧约和新约的连贯性。有许多人跟随耶稣,但是这十二个人所接受的是最密集的训练。在新约其他经卷中,他们的影响力到处可见。 

  可 3:18> 3:18 关于奋锐党,请参 2 章附表。 

  十二使徒简介 

  可 3:21> 耶稣热爱工作,连亲属也说祂疯了。你曾否因事奉而被人误解? 

  3:21 耶稣给群众包围着,甚至连吃饭的时间也没有。祂的朋友和家人认为祂已疯了,变成宗教狂热者,就从拿撒勒来找祂( 3:31-32 )。他们关心耶稣,可惜看不到祂工作的目的。即使是祂最亲密的人,也很迟才明白祂的身分和工作。 

  可 3:22-26> 法利赛人和文士毁谤耶稣是因为祂比他们强,这种心态也曾驱使我诬赖别人吗? 

  3:22-26 别西卜是撒但的别名,意为鬼王。法利赛人和文士不能否认耶稣行了神迹和祂有超自然的能力,就否定祂的能力来自神,否则他们就得接受祂弥赛亚的身分,但骄傲的他们怎么也不肯这样做。他们为要破坏耶稣在群众中的声望,就说祂的能力来自撒但。耶稣的回答显出了他们的争论是完全没有道理的。 

  可 3:27> 要捆住壮士,能力一定要比他强。神也能捆住撒但…… 

  3:27 虽然神容许撒但在世上作恶,但掌管一切的仍然是神。耶稣是神的儿子,有能力胜过撒但。祂能够赶鬼,终止鬼在人生命中做可怕的事。有一天撒但要永远被捆绑,再不能在世上作恶(参启 20:10 )。 

  可 3:28-29> 亵渎圣灵,可不是开玩笑,我有没有犯了这种不得赦免的罪? 

  3:28-29 亵渎圣灵就是故意不断地拒绝圣灵的工作,即是拒绝神。基督徒有时候会担心自己犯了亵渎圣灵的罪,其实不用担心,因为这种罪显露不信和不悔改的心态,是属于魔鬼的。这些宗教领袖控告耶稣亵渎神,但他们称耶稣为撒但,才是真正犯亵渎罪的人! 

  可 3:31-35> 原来,耶稣在地上也有家人,有兄弟的…… 

  3:31-35 耶稣的母亲是马利亚(参路 1:30-31 ),祂的弟兄大概就是马利亚和约瑟在耶稣以后所生的孩子( 6:3 )。耶稣的家人尚未完全了解祂的使命( 3:21 )。我们属灵的家庭关系至终比属世的家庭关系更加重要,更为长久。 

  可 3:33-35> 耶稣看所有遵行神旨意的人都是祂的家人,我怎样看待神家的人呢? 

  3:33-35 神的家欢迎所有的人。耶稣关心祂的母亲和兄弟,也关心所有爱祂的人,祂让每个人都有机会顺服神和成为祂的家人,从不偏心。在这个日趋冷漠的世界里,神家中各成员间温馨的关怀显得特别有意义。教会给人的爱心和个别关怀是别的地方找不着的。──《灵修版圣经注释》