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Dec 11, 2015 · According to the Papias, Mark was Peter’s scribe; his gospel is brief and focused. Like Peter’s sermon in Chapter 2 of the Book of Act’s, Mark is focused only on the public life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. But Mark is not alone in omitting the birth narrative. John’s gospel is considered by scholars to be the last Gospel ...
Mar 9, 2017 · 1. The beginning] St Mark commences his Gospel suddenly and concisely. He does not begin with a genealogy of our Lord, like St Matthew, or with the history of the Infancy, as St Luke, or with the doctrine of the Eternal Word, as St John. He desires to pourtray Christ in the fulness of His living energy.
- Theological Framework
- Biblical Basis For The Virgin Birth
- The Virgin Birth in Church History
- Practical Implications: The Virgin Birth and Salvation
- Conclusion
The virgin birth refers to the supernatural birth of Jesus Christ apart from the normal, physical process of procreation. Instead, Jesus was uniquely conceived in the womb of the virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. The virginal birth is the means by which the eternal Son of God became incarnate as fully human. He was born of Mary with a tr...
Gospels of Matthew and Luke
The clearest places where the virgin birth is taught are the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, for these are the only two places in Scripture where the birth of Christ is narrated. It is therefore significant that both these texts speak of Jesus’s birth of a virgin. The Gospel of Luke contains the most details about the birth of Jesus. In the account of the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary (Luke 1:26–38) the virginity of Mary is mentioned explicitly in Luke 1:27 (Greek: parthenos), and again in Luke...
The Virgin Birth Elsewhere in the New Testament
In the two biblical texts that explicitly narrate the birth of Christ, the Holy Spirit is identified as the agent of Mary’s pregnancy, and Mary is identified as a virgin. These clear texts help us navigate the less explicit texts. Though the virgin birth is not explicitly mentioned in any other NT text, it is certainly not denied, and the NT emphasis on the preexistence of the Son of God fits hand in glove with the virgin birth. The Gospel of John opens with the divinity of the only begotten...
Corroborating the biblical witness of the virgin birth, belief in the virgin birth of Jesus has been a mark of orthodox Christian theology from the earliest known Christian writings outside of the NT. The virgin birth is affirmed in the Apostle’s Creed, which has roots very early in the church. The church leader Ignatius of Antioch, writing perhaps...
Despite the long-held belief in the virgin birth and its biblical basis, it has often been targeted as a passé tenet that does not hold up to modern, scientific scrutiny. The virgin birth was one of the flash points of the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversies of the early twentieth century. More recently it has been argued that holding to the vir...
The virgin birth is not an isolated doctrine; it is tied closely to the person and work of Christ. For as by a sinful man comes death, by a sinless man comes the resurrection of the dead (cf. 1Cor 15:21). The church father Irenaeus captured it memorably, “if one does not accept [the Son of God’s] birth from a Virgin, how can he accept His resurrect...
Jan 1, 2012 · Mark relates no stories of Jesus’ birth or childhood, but launches right into Jesus’ adult life and the beginning of his public ministry. He introduces his story succinctly: “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (1:1). From the beginning, readers are told what characters in the story will struggle … Continue reading "Commentary on Mark 1:1-20"
Dec 5, 2023 · The gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday in Advent in this Year B is Mark 1.1–8. This is a slightly odd choice, since in a few weeks' time, for Epiphany Sunday, we will be reading Mark 1.4–11, which goes on to include the brief account of Jesus' baptism. Four years ago, before all the
Jan 1, 2024 · 1:2-17 - The Genealogy of Jesus (from Abraham to King David to Exile to Joseph) (Genealogy included later, in Luke 3:23-38) -. 1:5-25 - Angel Gabriel announces John the Baptist’s birth. 1:18-24 - An unnamed angel announces Jesus’ birth to Joseph in a dream. 1:26-38 - Angel Gabriel announces Jesus’ birth to Mary while awake.
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John 20:31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Romans 1:1-4. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, …. 1 John 1:1-3.
