Kata Markon

["Monnie Sears" <msears AT amce.com>]

I suppose the author is counting five parables as follows:



 [23]And he called them unto him,

 and said unto them in parables,

1 How can Satan cast out Satan?

2 [24]And if a kingdom be divided

 against itself, that kingdom

 cannot stand.

3 [25]And if a house be divided

 against itself, that house

 cannot stand.

4 [26]And if Satan rise up against

 himself, and be divided, he

 cannot stand, but hath an end.

5 [27]No man can enter into a

 strong man's house, and spoil

 his goods, except he will first

 bind the strong man; and then he

 will spoil his house.



Verses 26 and 27 appear to be one statement, not being separated by "and" as 
are the other sentences. However, I suspect that Jesus' discourse was 
lengthier and that Mark only recorded those parts of it that were pertinent 
to the purpose of his gospel. This suspicion is borne out by Matthew's 
version of this event (Mat. 12:25-29). Matthew's record of Jesus' lecture 
includes two sentences (12:27 and 12:28) between the 4th and 5th parables 
enumerated above. So they are two separate statements, not one. If I were 
editing a red-letter edition, I would have the first "and" in verses 24, 25 
and 26 printed in black; as written by Mark and not spoken by Jesus.



Monnie Sears, LS

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P.O. Box 2627

Joplin, Missouri 64803



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> However,  my real question has to do not with what SATANAS means in 3:23, 
> but
> whether or not there are, as Kelly claims,  five separate 
> parables/comparisons
> in Mk. 3:23-27.
>
> Does anyone have any answers for that?
>
> Jeffrey
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