Old George down on the bayou
2006-12-18 03:20:31 UTC
This "leper" pericope (Mark 1:40-45) appears to be midrash on
Isaiah 64:5-9
Isaiah 64:5-9 You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who
remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were
angry. How then can we be saved? All of us have become like one who is
unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all
shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. No
one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have
hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.
Yet, Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we
are all the work of your hand. Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; do
not remember our sins forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray, for we are
all your people.
Mark 1:40-45 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his
knees, If you are willing, you can make me clean. Being angry, Jesus
reached out his hand and touched the man. I am willing, he said. Be
clean! Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. Jesus drove
him away at once with a strong warning: See that you don't tell this
to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices
that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.
Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a
result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in
lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
Isaiah 64:5-9
Isaiah 64:5-9 You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who
remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were
angry. How then can we be saved? All of us have become like one who is
unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all
shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. No
one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have
hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.
Yet, Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we
are all the work of your hand. Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; do
not remember our sins forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray, for we are
all your people.
Mark 1:40-45 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his
knees, If you are willing, you can make me clean. Being angry, Jesus
reached out his hand and touched the man. I am willing, he said. Be
clean! Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. Jesus drove
him away at once with a strong warning: See that you don't tell this
to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices
that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.
Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a
result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in
lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.