Westminster Bible Companion: Mark
Overview
Mark, often eclipsed by the other Synoptic Gospels, is now considered by many biblical scholars to be the earliest written gospel. This conclusion would place Mark closest to the historical Jesus. In his book, Douglas Hare examines Mark for modern Christians who are in search of the Jesus portrayed in these earliest known writings. What emerges is a Jesus whose moral and religious teachings are of secondary importance to the very fact of his life, death, and resurrection. For it is the Jesus depicted in Mark that serves as the window through which we may see God. God's love for humankind, Hare contends, is made visible through Mark's Jesus.
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- Provides a powerful interpretation of the Gospel of Mark
- Unfolds the various contexts and principles found in Scripture
- Helps prepare pastors, students, and laity relay the Bible's teaching in a clear way
- The Beginning of the Good News
- Jesus’ Healing Ministry Begins
- Jesus’ Ministry Provokes Controversy
- Jesus Prepares Twelve Apprentices for Mission
- Jesus’ Immense Popularity Prompts Antagonism
- The First Passion Announcement and the Transfiguration
- The Second Passion Announcement
- The Third Passion Announcement
- The Messiah’s Royal Arrival in Jerusalem
- Jesus Refutes His Opponents
- Jesus Teaches About the Future
- Jesus’ Last Days
- The Empty Tomb
Top Highlights
“Any healing would have illustrated Jesus’ God-given authority, but an exorcism had additional symbolic force. One of the most cherished hopes associated with the coming of God’s rule was the expectation that the forces of evil would be rendered powerless.” (Page 28)
“Because Jesus’ teaching is characterized by eschatological power, he ‘teaches’ the kingdom of God by expelling a demon. Mark wants us to know that Jesus’ public ministry is of one piece; his healing activity is not subordinate to this teaching but part and parcel of it. His miracles reveal that his announcement of the kingdom of God is divinely authorized.” (Page 29)
“Instead of pondering among themselves why God would allow the Messiah to suffer and die, the disciples quarrel about rank and status.” (Page 112)
“No interest whatsoever is shown in what might have prepared the men to follow Jesus (had they heard him preaching the good news of God? had one or two of them encountered Jesus at the Jordan, as reported in John 1:35–40?). No words of response are attributed to them; mutely they abandon their nets. By paring away all superfluous details, Mark has laid all emphasis on Jesus’ authoritative command, ‘Follow me!’” (Page 23)
“Just as John prepares the people for the Messiah by consecrating, or ‘sealing,’ them with baptismal water, so the Messiah will consecrate them for the glorious rule of God by bringing them into contact with God’s Spirit.” (Page 16)
- Title: Mark
- Author: Douglas R. A. Hare
- Series: Westminster Bible Companion
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 240
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Mark › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:WBCS62MK
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:25:42Z
