{"id":223,"date":"2004-11-03T22:20:43","date_gmt":"2004-11-03T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/miracles.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","slug":"miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/11\/miracles.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 8:18-34, 9:18-34, 13:53-58, Mark 4:35-41, 5:1-43, 6:1-6, Luke 8:22-56, 9:57-62<br \/>\nMatthew 8:18-20, Luke 9:57-62 &#8211; These passages always troubled me.  I know the traditional explanations of what Jesus likely meant and the explanations of what these men likely meant but it seems a little presumptuous.  There&#8217;s just not much to go on here as to why Jesus would deny someone saying goodbye or burying a relative.  There obviously must be more to the story and I long to know what it <i>really<\/i> is, not <i>speculation<\/i> of what it is.<br \/>\nMark 4:36 &#8211; &#8216;just as he was&#8217; What does this mean?<br \/>\nMatthew 9:30-31 &#8211; Why did Jesus tell some not to talk about their healing while others (Mark 5:19) he tells to go and tell what God has done for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 8:18-34, 9:18-34, 13:53-58, Mark 4:35-41, 5:1-43, 6:1-6, Luke 8:22-56, 9:57-62 Matthew 8:18-20, Luke 9:57-62 &#8211; These passages always troubled me. 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