The reading for Friday, October 20, 2023, is Mark 4 - 6

Mark 4 - 6 

It seems to me that I have heard these stories already. I'd guess that to be because the book of Mark is often thought to be the original source for the other gospels, at least the synoptic gospels. 

However, I don't recall the story of Jesus raising the dead girl. I find myself wondering why the original word that Jesus said meaning "Little girl, get up" make it down to us today not in English. 

I still wonder why there was a heard of pigs near the demon possessed man where Jesus went. Pigs were unclean. Jews couldn't touch pigs. After the demon possessed man was healed he was told to go to his family and friends. Jesus sent this man to the Decapolis. A quick google search tells me that "one of the few regions where Jesus travelled in which Gentiles were in the majority." Maybe that explains the pigs. There were more Gentiles than Jews there. 

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