Clever Free Methodist

Difficult as it may be to imagine, there are recorded accounts where people chose to openly mock and laugh at Jesus. One story in the New Testament is about a young girl who had died. Jesus shows up to visit the family. The Jews who had also assembled to weep and wail at the death of a young girl had now turned their attention to ridicule the only One with the power to bring her back from the dead. Upon his arrival and examination of the girl, Jesus simply told them that she was not dead, but merely sleeping. The reaction? It is recorded in Mark 5:39-40 , “He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” And they laughed him to scorn ….” What? “They laughed Him to scorn.” That is a pretty intense reaction. It is nothing new. Jesus was often the subject of ridicule because of the things He said, and He made many enemies because He told the truth. The Greek word for “scorn” implies derision, jeering, disdain, mocking, or disrespect. Thi