Mark 8:27–16:20 (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 34b | WBC)

by Craig A. Evans

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 2001

Overview

Thoroughly engaging with the massive body of scholarship on Mark, Craig Evans’s commentary presents a thorough textual, historical, and theological examination of Mark. He addresses “the synoptic problem” and provides an engaging and stimulating exposition on the church’s second gospel.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The story also underscores the importance of faith, for along with repentance it is the prerequisite for unleashing the power of the kingdom of God. When faith is present, God works.” (Page 54)

“Your faith has saved you [ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε]; go in peace’ (Luke 7:50). To be saved means to be delivered from whatever ails, afflicts, or threatens one. The idea of salvation, therefore, can refer to deliverance from physical danger, from spiritual oppression, or from the consequences of sin.” (Page 134)

“God permits divorce, not because it is his perfect will but because of human sinfulness. The purpose of the Mosaic law was to check divorce (and protect the relatively defenseless woman), not to encourage it. The religious authorities had never considered this option.” (Page 84)

“Because wealth (τὰ χρήματα) competes for loyalty to God, those who have it will find it very difficult to receive God’s rule.” (Page 100)

“The judgmental thrust is not against Israel but against Israel’s religious caretakers, as the parable of the Wicked Vineyard Tenants (12:1–12) makes clear. The kingdom is not to be given over to the Gentiles, but the leadership of the kingdom is to be taken from the ruling priests and given to Jesus’ disciples. Jews as well as Gentiles will be invited to enter the kingdom.” (Page 154)

Product Details

• Title: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 34B: Mark 8:27–16:20
• Author: Craig A. Evans
• Series: Word Biblical Commentary
• Volume: 34B
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Pages: 594
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. N.T. Mark › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781418503840, 1418503843
• Resource ID: LLS:29.46.10
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-19T00:30:00Z

About Craig A. Evans

Craig A. Evans earned his PhD in biblical studies at Claremont Graduate University and received his decretum habilitationis from Budapest. He is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament; Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins (Houston Theological Seminary); a New Testament scholar; and a prolific author and popular teacher/speaker.

Evans is well-known for his work on the Gospels, the Historical Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the archaeology of the New Testament. His passion for archaeology has him frequently participating in Middle East digs and leading Holy Land tours. He has regularly appeared in television and radio interviews, such as the History Channel, BBC, and Dateline NBC, served as a consultant on the National Geographic Society's Gospel of Judas project and for The Bible television miniseries, and is featured in documentaries like Fragments of Truth and the Archaeology and Jesus series.

He's written hundreds of articles and reviews and published more than 70 books, including Jesus and His Contemporaries, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies, Mark in the Word Biblical Commentary, Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, God Speaks, and Jesus and the Remains of His Days: Studies in Jesus and Archaeology. He coauthored Jesus, the Final Days with N. T. Wright.