Questions tagged [mark]
An account of the life of Jesus from his baptism to the discovery of his empty tomb. Often held to be the earliest gospel, written by John Mark, and using Peter as a primary source.
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What is the historicity of the Paschal prisoner release custom in Mark?
The gospel of Mark (and other gospels) states that there was a Roman custom of releasing a prisoner in Judaea during the feast of Passover in Mark 15 6-8:
6 Now at the festival he used to release a ...
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What does Jesus declare to Jewish nation in Mark 1:15 - "the time is fulfilled," "the kingdom of God is near," and "repent and believe the gospel"? [closed]
Paul in Galatians 3:23-29 speaks about the role of the law and the coming of faith, while Romans 3:21-25 explains the righteousness of God through faith in Christ. How do these passages shed light on ...
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Mark 9:42 "those who believe in me" or "I am entrusted with"
This statement doesn't make sense, it's not a coherent way of talking (stopping to make an exclusion then continuing). Plus it's extremely egotistical & out of character to be proclaiming only a ...
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were some verses after Mark 10.46 deleted?
I have read somewhere that one of the ancient church fathers quoted wiped out verses after Mark 10.46, but only partially. It was also said, that maybe there was written some issues, that couldn't be ...
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Contextual Boundaries with Scripture
Is it contextually incorrect to consider the woman with the issue of blood story in Mark 5:25 as a representation of our living with sin and how we are made clean by Jesus?
Seeing that she probably ...
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Does Mark 10:15 give us a warning not to over-think/over-systematize theology?
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
(Mark 10:15, ESV)
Sometimes trying to rationalize what we don't understand approaches heresy. Note ...
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In Mark 3 v 31-35 Jesus says Who are my mother and my brothers. He sounds dismissive of his family but is he just trying to say that all are family?
It is the start of Jesus ministry and clearly Jesus family have not yet become his followers in the same way as his new disciples. However he has obviously made an impact on his local community by ...
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Mark 3:19 versification question
I was teaching from Mark 3 using the NRSV and asked for someone to read starting in v19b (after the section break).
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Jesus and Beelzebul
Then he went home; 20 ...
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Where did Jesus perform the “Feeding of the 4,000"?
Matthew 15:29-39 NKJV
29 Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up
on the mountain and sat down there. 30 Then great multitudes came to
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Where did Jesus Christ claim to be God? [closed]
I need help on trying to find scriptures in all the four gospels where Jesus claims to be God!
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Why did the Lord Jesus curse the fig tree? [duplicate]
Mark 11:12-25, Matthew 21:18-22
Jesus curses the fig tree.
In Mark, especially, this episode is embedded in the sequence of Jesus' announcements that the Son of Man will die and be resurrected in ...
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Why does no historian speak of the torn veil and how do we reconcile it with scripture?
There are three gospel accounts that mention the torn veil:
Matthew 27:51 NKJV - Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn
in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were
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What is the reason for the difference between Eloi and Eli?
Mark 15:34, And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Matthew 27:46, And about ...
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Did Judas realize his sin at the moment of the kiss?
In my studies of the Gospel of Mark, I’ve stumbled upon an interesting differentiation in the words used for “kiss” as found in Mark 14:44-45. The sign that Judas was to use to allow the captors to ...
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Where did the demons go?
After Jesus allowed the demons to enter the herd of swine, Mark 5:13, what happened to the demons? The swine all drown, but the demons? The demons cannot be omnipresent according to this account in ...
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