CHAPTER 5 :: The Father at Jesus’ Baptism (Mark 1:9-11) Storybook Peter saw John baptize Jesus and passed his experience on to Mark. Mark might have thought, “What a spectacle that must have been!” The Old Testament scriptures tell us Isaiah’s cry for God to reveal Himself. It read, “Oh, that You would rend the […]
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CHAPTER 4 :: Mark Introduces Jesus Mark Chapter One introduces Jesus as the Son of God. Human witnesses present Him in verses 1-8; God announces it in verses 9-13; people respond to Jesus in verses 14-20; and Jesus shows His divine authority in verses 21-45. Mark’s Introduction (Mark 1:1) When John Mark wrote his account,
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CHAPTER 3 :: Introduction to Mark’s Motif Mark teaches his gospel in a chiastic style and organizes it that way. A chiasm (or chiasmus if you rather) is a writing style that uses a unique repetition pattern for clarification and emphasis. Chiasm is pronounced ky′-az-um. Often called the chiastic (ky′-az-tic) approach or the chiastic structure,
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CHAPTER 2 :: The Gospel of Mark: a Storybook The Bible begins and ends in Storybook form. Genesis tells us about humanity’s beginning. And Revelation has a Storybook ending with a view of eternity, resolving the flaws that happened in Eden after Adam and Eve sinned. It has a river, a tree of life, a restored garden,
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