The speed of Mark continues with a reference to "immediately." This word will be common in the gospel of Mark. One remark seems to capture the early ministry of Jesus..."We have never seen anything like this!" This is evident as they raise a man through the roof! And then off his mat!
Quick theological issues emerge about fasting and keeping the Sabbath. And one measure of how "thinking out of the theological box" challenges the establishment when Jesus eats with sinners. In all issues Jesus expands the teaching about the Kingdom of God, in the face of rigid legalism. More to come in this growing tension. The images of new wine and new wineskin sum up Jesus' teaching of the Kingdom and the inflexibility of the Pharisees.
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