Em casa com Jesus e os amigos: o perdão que cura, a partir de Mc 2,1-12

Abstract

With the arrival of Jesus together at the humanity a new age of grace and reconciliation starts to take place. This is signaled in the first gospel ever written, especially through the cures performed by Jesus. In the healing of the paralytic (Mk 2,1-12), the forgiveness of sins precedes the healing. That because the man could have somatized the guilt of something (sin) and gotten paralytic. Mark highlights details that put in order the way of thinking of that time which attributed to God the illness' source as a sign of punishment. Still, the idea that the forgiveness of sin must be given by God alone or by accomplishment of rites deserves correction. In a house, the place of the family relations opened by Jesus, is where everything takes place. The cure is unleashed by the faith of four men who overcome barriers to get to Jesus who will only declare the forgiveness of that man's sins. The human being, the four men in this case, restores lives when forgives those unable to walk with their own legs; or even better: those who have friends are not left at the mercy of their own lot, paralyzed. Taking it as a starting point this article intends to make an exegetical study of the text of Mark that narrates the cure of the paralytic, making use of at least some historical-critical method's steps. In doing so we intend to show how the biblical text points to the consequences of forgiveness prompt by faith: the full healing (corporal and spiritual) of the person!