Mark 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Don't be startled or driven into unbelief by miracles. God is greater than these. They are not the wonders, but the minor incidents, an index of what is in God, and not the full power of God put forth. I have seen a teacher of physics make experiments in the lecture room on the electric battery. He makes the miniature flashes crack off its surface. Very interesting, very beautiful, for every tiny spark is the same as the lightning flash which cleaves the clouds like the sword of an archangel. The same? Yes, but a very small part of the terrific force which awakens the echoes of heaven, and makes the pillars of the earth tremble. You cannot believe in miracles? They are nothing — experiments in the lecture room. Lo! these are parts of His ways: but the thunder of His power who can understand. (T. Morlais Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,WEB: Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, |
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