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  1. 1 This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. a 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: b “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” c. 3 “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’ ” d

    • Mark 1:1 “The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God…” There is some diversity of thought of who the Messiah is. Most Jewish interpretations say that he is a great Davidic king who ushers in peace and will fill the earth with the knowledge of God, but many do not go so far as to declare him the Son of God because that would entail equality with God.
    • Mark 1:2 “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.” Here Mark is quoting Malachi 3:1, but he changes the wording around. Malachi says “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me.”
    • Mark 1:3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.” Here Mark again takes Old Testament prophecy and applies it directly to Jesus.
    • Mark 1:9-11 “In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
  2. 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).

  3. Mark is the only gospel with the combination of verses in Mark 4:2425: the other gospels split them up, Mark 4:24 being found in Luke 6:38 and Matthew 7:2, Mark 4:25 in Matthew 13:12 and Matthew 25:29, Luke 8:18 and Luke 19:26.

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Apostle Saint Mark was one of Christ's 70 disciples, one of the four evangelists and the traditional author of the second Gospel, The Book of Mark.

  5. Apr 7, 2024 · In Mark, Jesus as the Son of Man does what only God can do: he forgives sins (Mark 2:10), rules over the Sabbath (Mark 2:28), and promises that he will judge the world (Mark 8:38; Mark 13:26). Jesus Christ is the Son of David, the Son of God, and the Son of Man.

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  7. Apr 23, 2013 · April 25 is the feast of St. Mark, one of the companions of the apostles and the author of one of the gospels. Who was he, and what do the Bible and the Church Fathers record about him?

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