Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 2:1

"And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house." — Mark 2:1 (ASV)

This passage shows the close relationship between the healing of the body and the forgiveness of sins. Jesus returns to Capernaum, a kind of base of operations for him in the northern part of the country, to the house of Peter and Andrew (cf. 1:29). His presence in town was soon discovered, so that even this place afforded him no privacy. The house filled with people, and the overflow was so great that the space outside the door was blocked. They no doubt wanted to see Jesus perform more miracles. But he was not working miracles inside the house; rather, he was preaching the gospel to the people.