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Mark gives us the impression that Jesus worked with great intensity, never losing a moment. Yet, we know that our Lord spent hours and sometimes whole nights in fellowship with the Father. Bible scholars generally consider Mark’s emphasis on Jesus’ ministry as coming to earth as “the Servant.”
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The Gospel According to Mark. New Revised Standard Version. Chapter 1. The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths ...
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Introduction to Mark. I. Mark among the Gospels. Why 4 Gospels? Why not one authoritative account? Great events merit multiple interpretations. Church’s traditional answer: Ascribe a face to each Gospel (Burridge). Matthew the human. John the eagle . Luke the ox.
Instead of treating scriptural allusions and echoes as keys which unlock the hidden meaning of the Gospel, Vette argues that Mark often uses the Jewish scriptures simply for their ability to tell a story.
- Ernest van Eck
The author of the Gospel of Mark was actually named John – at least, this is the leading theory concerning the author’s identity. Despite the Latin name by which he is known (Marcus, or Mark), this appears to have been appended to the author’s given Jewish name, John, or Johanan.
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, is, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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This commentary demonstrates that the Gospel of Mark is a result of a consistent, strictly sequential, hypertextual reworking of the contents of three of Paul’s letters: Galatians, First Corinthians and Philippians.
