One of them will betray him, Judas ( Mk 14:10– 11, 43– 45) one will deny him, Peter ( Mk 14:27, 31, 54, 66– 72) all eleven men will desert Jesus ( Mk 14:27, 50). For the disciples do not grasp the mystery being revealed ( Mk 9:32 10:32, 38). Occasionally there are miracles ( Mk 9:17– 27 10:46– 52 11:12– 14, 20– 21, the only such account in Jerusalem), sometimes teachings ( Mk 10:2– 11, 23– 31), but the greatest concern is with discipleship ( Mk 8:34– 9:1 9:33– 50). Momentarily he is glimpsed in his true identity when he is transfigured before three of the disciples ( Mk 9:2– 8), but by and large Jesus is depicted in Mark as moving obediently along the way to his cross in Jerusalem. But Jesus himself emphasizes his passion ( Mk 8:31 9:31 10:33– 34), not glory in the kingdom ( Mk 10:35– 45). Mk 8:31).Ī breakthrough seemingly comes with Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah Mk 8:27– 30). The fate of John the Baptist ( Mk 6:17– 29) hints ominously at Jesus’ own passion ( Mk 9:13 cf. But all too often his own disciples do not understand Jesus ( Mk 4:13, 40 6:52 8:17– 21). Jesus’ kinship is with those who do the will of God, in a new eschatological family, not even with mother, brothers, or sisters by blood ties ( Mk 3:31– 35 cf. His relatives think him “out of his mind” ( Mk 3:21). Scribes charge that Jesus is possessed by Beelzebul ( Mk 3:22). Jesus’ teaching in Mk 7 exalts the word of God over “the tradition of the elders” and sees defilement as a matter of the heart, not of unclean foods. He continues to work many miracles the blocks Mk 4:35– 6:44 and Mk 6:45– 7:10 are cycles of stories about healings, miracles at the Sea of Galilee, and marvelous feedings of the crowds. He appoints twelve disciples to help preach and drive out demons, just as he does ( Mk 3:13– 19).
In Mark, Jesus is portrayed as immensely popular with the people in Galilee during his ministry ( Mk 2:2 3:7 4:1).
His cures, especially on the sabbath ( Mk 3:1– 5) his claim, like God, to forgive sins ( Mk 2:3– 12) his table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners ( Mk 2:14– 17) and the statement that his followers need not now fast but should rejoice while Jesus is present ( Mk 2:18– 22), all stir up opposition that will lead to Jesus’ death ( Mk 3:6). The content of Jesus’ teaching is only rarely stated, and then chiefly in parables ( Mk 4) about the kingdom. After the call of the first four disciples, all fishermen ( Mk 1:16– 20), we see Jesus engaged in teaching ( Mk 1:21, 22, 27), preaching ( Mk 1:38, 39), and healing ( Mk 1:29– 31, 34, 40– 45), and exorcising demons ( Mk 1:22– 27, 34– 39). The key verses at Mk 1:14– 15, which are programmatic, summarize what Jesus proclaims as gospel: fulfillment, the nearness of the kingdom, and therefore the need for repentance and for faith. Jesus as Son of God will be victorious, a point to be remembered as one reads of Jesus’ death and the enigmatic ending to Mark’s Gospel. The Spirit descends upon Jesus, who eventually, it is promised, will baptize “with the holy Spirit.” This presentation of who Jesus really is ( Mk 1:1– 13) is rounded out with a brief reference to the temptation of Jesus and how Satan’s attack fails. But John points to a mightier one, Jesus, at whose baptism God speaks from heaven, declaring Jesus his Son. The action begins with the appearance of John the Baptist, a messenger of God attested by scripture. The opening verse about good news in Mark ( Mk 1:1) serves as a title for the entire book. Jesus is the Son whom God has sent to rescue humanity by serving and by sacrificing his life ( Mk 10:45). In this almost breathless narrative, Mark stresses Jesus’ message about the kingdom of God now breaking into human life as good news ( Mk 1:14– 15) and Jesus himself as the gospel of God ( Mk 1:1 8:35 10:29). It recounts what Jesus did in a vivid style, where one incident follows directly upon another. This shortest of all New Testament gospels is likely the first to have been written, yet it often tells of Jesus’ ministry in more detail than either Matthew or Luke (for example, the miracle stories at Mk 5:1– 20 or Mk 9:14– 29).
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