There is so much unsaid in the text. We’ll miss how powerful it is. And how much we already assume is just clearly there.
Deconstructing the text of faith
Epiphany 5B | Mark 1:29-39
Why did Jesus go to Simon and Andrew’s house?
This is a simple question. But it isn’t addressed directly in the text.
We aren’t missing something here, because it isn’t said. They were in the synagogue in Capernaum. And now they’re going to Simon and Andrew’s house. And it is here that Jesus will heal Simon’s Mother-in-law. Which opens a whole bunch of other questions the text isn’t about to answer.
And I want us to think about this for a second.
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