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Saturday, 23 November 2024

Mark 2:20,21 - On that day they will fast

2:20

However, Jesus is not discounting fasting altogether, He is just saying that now was not the time.  A time would come when the bridegroom would be taken away. “Taken away” implies that this would happen by force, and Jesus is obliquely referring to the cross. “On that day they will fast”. This does not mean that Friday must be the day of fasting, but is more general than that.


2:21

We now get two more analogies, both saying that things need to change. One might think that a damaged wineskin could be repaired by sewing on some new cloth, but what would happen is that the tear would become worse. The system of Judaism needed more than an upgrade, it needed a complete transformation. Likewise, we need to be born again, some self-help will not do the trick.


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