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148:9.1 On Friday afternoon, October 1, when [[Jesus]] was holding his last meeting with [[the apostles]], [[evangelists]], and other [[leaders]] of the disbanding encampment, and with the six [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] seated in the front row of this assembly in the spacious and enlarged front room of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]], there occurred one of the strangest and most [[unique]] [[episodes]] of all [[Jesus]]' [[earth]] life. [[The Master]] was, at this time, [[speaking]] as he stood in this large room, which had been built to [[accommodate]] these gatherings during the rainy [[season]]. The house was entirely [[surrounded]] by a vast concourse of people who were straining their ears to catch some part of [[Jesus]]' [[discourse]].

148:9.1 On Friday afternoon, October 1, when [[Jesus]] was holding his last meeting with [[the apostles]], [[evangelists]], and other [[leaders]] of the disbanding encampment, and with the six [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] seated in the front row of this assembly in the spacious and enlarged front room of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]], there occurred one of the strangest and most [[unique]] [[episodes]] of all [[Jesus]]' [[earth]] life. [[The Master]] was, at this time, [[speaking]] as he stood in this large room, which had been built to [[accommodate]] these gatherings during the rainy [[season]]. The house was entirely [[surrounded]] by a vast concourse of people who were straining their ears to catch some part of [[Jesus]]' [[discourse]].

148:9.2 While the house was thus thronged with people and entirely [[surrounded]] by eager [[listeners]], a man long afflicted with [[paralysis]] was carried down from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] on a small couch by his [[friends]]. This paralytic had heard that [[Jesus]] was about to leave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], and having talked with Aaron the stone mason, who had been so recently made [[whole]], he resolved to be carried into [[Jesus]]' [[presence]], where he could seek [[healing]]. His [[friends]] tried to gain entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house by both the front and back doors, but too many people were crowded [[together]]. But the paralytic refused to [[accept]] defeat; he directed his [[friends]] to procure ladders by which they [[ascended]] to the roof of the room in which [[Jesus]] was speaking, and after loosening the tiles, they boldly lowered the sick man on his couch by ropes until the afflicted one rested on the floor [[immediately]] in front of [[the Master]]. When [[Jesus]] saw what they had done, he ceased [[speaking]], while those who were with him in the room [[marveled]] at the [[perseverance]] of the sick man and his [[friends]]. Said the paralytic: " Master, I would not disturb your [[teaching]], but I am [[determined]] to be made [[whole]]. I am not like those who [[received]] [[healing]] and [[immediately]] forgot your teaching. I would be made whole that I might serve in [[the kingdom]] of heaven. " Now, notwithstanding that this man's affliction had been brought upon him by his own misspent life, [[Jesus]], seeing his [[faith]], said to the paralytic: " Son, fear not; your sins are [[forgiven]]. Your [[faith]] shall save you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5]

148:9.2 While the house was thus thronged with people and entirely [[surrounded]] by eager [[listeners]], a man long afflicted with [[paralysis]] was carried down from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] on a small couch by his [[friends]]. This paralytic had heard that [[Jesus]] was about to leave [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], and having talked with Aaron the stone mason, who had been so recently made [[whole]], he resolved to be carried into [[Jesus]]' [[presence]], where he could seek [[healing]]. His [[friends]] tried to gain entrance to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s house by both the front and back doors, but too many people were crowded [[together]]. But the paralytic refused to [[accept]] defeat; he directed his [[friends]] to procure ladders by which they [[ascended]] to the roof of the room in which [[Jesus]] was speaking, and after loosening the tiles, they boldly lowered the sick man on his couch by ropes until the afflicted one rested on the floor [[immediately]] in front of [[the Master]]. When [[Jesus]] saw what they had done, he ceased [[speaking]], while those who were with him in the room [[marveled]] at the [[perseverance]] of the sick man and his [[friends]]. Said the paralytic: " Master, I would not disturb your [[teaching]], but I am [[determined]] to be made [[whole]]. I am not like those who [[received]] [[healing]] and [[immediately]] forgot your teaching. I would be made whole that I might serve in [[the kingdom]] of heaven. " Now, notwithstanding that this man's affliction had been brought upon him by his own misspent life, [[Jesus]], seeing his [[faith]], said to the paralytic: " Son, fear not; your sins are [[forgiven]]. Your [[faith]] shall save you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5]

148:9.3 When the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]], together with other [[scribes]] and lawyers who sat with them, heard this pronouncement by [[Jesus]], they began to say to themselves: " How dare this man thus speak? Does he not understand that such words are blasphemy? Who can forgive sin but God? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] [[Jesus]], [[perceiving]] in his [[spirit]] that they thus reasoned within their own [[minds]] and among themselves, spoke to them, saying: " Why do you so [[reason]] in your [[hearts]]? Who are you that you sit in [[judgment]] over me? What is the [[difference]] whether I say to this paralytic, your [[sins]] are [[forgiven]], or arise, take up your bed, and walk? But that you who [[witness]] all this may finally know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[authority]] and [[power]] on [[earth]] to [[forgive]] [[sins]], I will say to this afflicted man, Arise, take up your bed, and go to your own house. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] And when [[Jesus]] had thus spoken, the paralytic arose, and as they made way for him, he walked out before them all. And those who saw these [[things]] were [[amazed]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] dismissed the assemblage, while many [[prayed]] and [[glorified]] [[God]], [[confessing]] that they had never before seen such [[strange]] happenings.

148:9.3 When the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]], together with other [[scribes]] and lawyers who sat with them, heard this pronouncement by [[Jesus]], they began to say to themselves: " How dare this man thus speak? Does he not understand that such words are blasphemy? Who can forgive sin but God? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] [[Jesus]], [[perceiving]] in his [[spirit]] that they thus reasoned within their own [[minds]] and among themselves, spoke to them, saying: " Why do you so [[reason]] in your [[hearts]]? Who are you that you sit in [[judgment]] over me? What is the [[difference]] whether I say to this paralytic, your [[sins]] are [[forgiven]], or arise, take up your bed, and walk? But that you who [[witness]] all this may finally know that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[authority]] and [[power]] on [[earth]] to [[forgive]] [[sins]], I will say to this afflicted man, Arise, take up your bed, and go to your own house. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] And when [[Jesus]] had thus spoken, the paralytic arose, and as they made way for him, he walked out before them all. And those who saw these [[things]] were [[amazed]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] dismissed the assemblage, while many [[prayed]] and [[glorified]] [[God]], [[confessing]] that they had never before seen such [[strange]] happenings.

148:9.4 And it was about this time that the [[messengers]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] arrived to bid the six [[spies]] return to [[Jerusalem]]. When they heard this [[message]], they fell to [[earnest]] [[debate]] among themselves; and after they had finished their [[discussions]], the [[leader]] and two of his [[associates]] returned with the [[messengers]] to [[Jerusalem]], while three of the spying [[Pharisees]] [[confessed]] [[faith]] in [[Jesus]] and, going [[immediately]] to the lake, were [[baptized]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and fellowshipped by [[the apostles]] as [[children]] of [[the kingdom]].

148:9.4 And it was about this time that the [[messengers]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] arrived to bid the six [[spies]] return to [[Jerusalem]]. When they heard this [[message]], they fell to [[earnest]] [[debate]] among themselves; and after they had finished their [[discussions]], the [[leader]] and two of his [[associates]] returned with the [[messengers]] to [[Jerusalem]], while three of the spying [[Pharisees]] [[confessed]] [[faith]] in [[Jesus]] and, going [[immediately]] to the lake, were [[baptized]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and fellowshipped by [[the apostles]] as [[children]] of [[the kingdom]].

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[[Category:Paper 148 - Training Evangelists at Bethsaida]]

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