<p>2:1- see on Mk. 6:2. For this section on the healing of the man carried by four, see on Mt. 9:1-6.</p><p><em>And after some days, when he entered again into Capernaum, it became known that he was in the house</em>- The &quot;that&quot; is recitative, so the sense is 'It was reported- He is in the house'. This was the level of gossipy attention paid to the Lord, which must have been so irritating: &quot;He has gone into the house, and is there&quot;. Again we get the impression that the Lord was not interested in mass public meetings and healings; His focus was upon training the twelve and teaching the Gospel. It seems He was almost hiding away in the house. Not surprisingly, because He left there because of the attention caused by His miracles, and He had been hunted down even in the deserted places by those eager for a miracle (1:45).</p>