28 God1 can2 forgive men all sins, indeed even3 whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the spirit of God, God will never forgive him. What is so special about the sin against the spirit? How is it different from blasphemy that can be forgiven (v. 28)? The answer appears when we remember that the contemporary view was that the spirit had been quenched. Jesus,4 on the other hand, knows that God’s spirit is at work again. In other words, Mark 3:28 speaks of sin against