Mark 3: together comprehend and mirror Jesus' civic influence (Yeshua note)

Note: In early 2024 I learned his mom and dad in Nazareth named and called him "Yeshua", and "Jesus" is a consequence of translations from Aramaic/Hebrew to Greek, to Latin, to old English, then to Protestant English. "Christ" supports Paul, and some people believe Paul without civic objection. This discovery is wonderful and to be shared.

 [I read Bible passages to perceive ways to pursue perfect performance according to Genesis 1:26-28. It’s a neglected Mesopotamian political philosophy that says, in Jewish vernacular, that God-the-creator willed unto female and male human being, in their image, the duty to rule on earth to thegood (a word-contraction for specificity). I argue that the people who work to constrain the bad are civic citizens and are authorized by thegood to perfectly self-protect from worldly ways of living. I don’t know theineluctabletruth and opine that “civic citizens” mirror Jesus’ influence.]

3:1 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. ² Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. ³ Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”

⁴ Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” [This argument reflects Genesis 1:26-28 duty to rule to thegood.] But they remained silent.

⁵ He looked around at them in anger [I doubt Jesus suffered anger, so question Mark’s writing.] and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts [Jesus perceived if not knew their hearts and was patient for them to choose reform.], said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. ⁶ Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. [I think this story is a primitive construct to argue that Jesus could perform miracles like those reported about more ancient people – raising the dead, controlling the weather and such: myths. Claims like raising someone who’s been dead 4 days invite opinion. My opinion is that such stories lessen Jesus’ civic influence to thegood. I do not want anyone to mimic me but do want to call attention to Jesus’ civic influence.]

Crowds Follow Jesus

⁷ Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. ⁸ When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. ⁹ Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. ¹⁰ For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. [Being a man, Jesus was subject to contagion.] ¹¹ Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” ¹² But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him. [Do impure spirits obey God? I doubt enemies obey.]

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

¹³ Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve [apostles] that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach ¹⁵ and to have authority to drive out demons. ¹⁶ These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), ¹⁷ James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. [Not James son of Joseph.]

Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law

²⁰ Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. ²¹ When his family [associates, since mother and brothers arrive in V 31. And what about sisters?] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

²² And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”

²³ So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶ And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. [Can God stand against God? Can a Christian sect stand against Christianity? Can Christianity stand against Jesus’ civic influence? Can a body of believers stand against a Baptist church? Can an individual stand against humankind? Can freedom and liberty stand against thegood? Does theGod oppose thegood?] ²⁷ In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. ²⁸ Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” [Whoever opposes thegood begs ruin.]

³⁰ He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

³¹ Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived [sisters kept at home?]. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. ³² A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

³³ “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

³⁴ Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” [In Genesis 1:26-28 God willed female and male humankind to rule on earth in “our image”. Can God usurp God’s will in order to usurp human duty? I don’t think so. Can any man define God’s will and thereby judge another man? I don’t think so. However, together, humankind may and can discern thegood on earth.]