1. Trouble with the Authorities Mark 2:1-3:12 Alex Tu December 27, 2009

7. Rooms 6 ½ - 8 ft tall. Walls 2 ft thick Flat roofs –Roof timber beams Cypress or sycamore wood Painted with hot tar –Reeds/thatch laid across timbers. –Mud plaster, along with chalk, earth and ash (for insulation). –Rolled and compacted –Mud lime mixture to top it off Another possible roof –Cross beams with ceramic tiles Roofs in Jesus Time

9. The Son of Man 14x in Mark Jesus’ reference to himself Son of Man –Apocalyptic – Daniel 7:13-14 –Authority – Mark 2:10 Forgive sins Heal Suffering (Mark 8:31, 9:9- 12, 9:31, 10:33, 10:45, 14:12, 14:41)

10. Tax Collectors

11. Pharisees

12. Sabbath

13. Herodians