Reflections on Mark 2:1-12

In Yeshua’s day, He healed people. That is something that everyone agrees with. Could Yeshua’s healing be the cure for sin after 70 CE when the Temple was destroyed? Since we do not have the original Mark Gospel, we will never know. It is possible that the forgiveness of sin was added to the narratives when the Gospel was copied and changed over the decades after 70 CE. That would account for Yeshua’s apparent blasphemy. It was blasphemy in His day, but after 70 CE, it became an accepted understanding of the faith, both Jewish and Christian. A conclusion is that Yeshua did not say “your sins are forgiven.” These words were added later.

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