The People’s Bible: Mark
Overview
Most believe that the gospel of Mark was the first of the gospels to be completed. Many also believe that Mark wrote down what Peter proclaimed. It is a gospel of action; Jesus does things. In addition, the gospel asserts that Jesus is the Son of God and spends a great deal of time with the last journey of Jesus to Jerusalem and the Savior’s suffering and death there.
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- Historical background
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Top Highlights
“Thus he would rid himself of the wealth that he loved more than God and that was keeping him out of the kingdom of God.” (Page 144)
“This was the first time, as recorded by Mark, that Jesus explicitly predicted his coming passion. Before this he had only spoken about it in a veiled way (see 2:19, 20). From then on, however, he spoke plainly and repeatedly about it (see 9:9–13, 31, 32; 10:32–34). He did so in order that his disciples might understand that his being the Christ, as Peter had confessed him in their name, did not make him an earthly king—a false hope that continued to linger in their hearts until his ascension. That’s why Jesus did not as a rule speak of himself as Christ but as the Son of Man.” (Page 119)
“We need to look at this miracle and take its meaning to heart. Unless we live until judgment day, we too will die. Loved ones, acquaintances, and past generations have all gone that way. But death is not the end. The eternal Son of God has conquered death not only for Jairus’ daughter but also for you and me, for he has paid for the sins of all. He died our death and has promised to raise us up again on the Last Day. Our death too will be but sleep. Awakening from death through his word of power, we shall live with him forever.” (Page 81)
“It was John’s obligation as God’s messenger and Jesus’ obligation as the Promised One to inaugurate God’s plan of salvation. By insisting on being baptized, Jesus deliberately took our place as God the Father had sent him to do. ‘God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God’ (2 Corinthians 5:21). Officially the work of redemption began here and was completed on Calvary.” (Page 16)
- Title: The People’s Bible: Mark
- Author: Harold E. Wicke
- Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House
- Publication Date: 1988
- Pages: 241