Teaching and Healing

“Significant, too, is the link between Jesus’ authoritative teaching and his power to heal, seen in the way these two themes are woven together in 1.21-8. Mark has already told us in 1.14f. the theme of Jesus’ teaching—it is the proclamat6ion of the Kingdom of God. Now we know that this proclamation involves healing: in Jesus the power of God’s Kingdom is at work, destroying the unclean spirits. Elsewhere, we discover that the inbreaking of the Kingdom in Jesus’ healing miracles means more than mere physical healing: those who were excluded from the community because of their infirmity are restored to the membership of God’s people.”

Mark gives me the impression that Jesus teaching and his miracles are interchangeable. They both equally proclaim the position of the Kingdom and are intended when Jesus says he must go and preach in other villages.