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Things to Look For in the Gospels

  • Style

  • Structure

  • Themes

  • Portrait of Jesus

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The Gospel of Mark

  • Style
  • “Immediately”

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And just as (immediately) he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. (Mark 1:10)

They went to Capernaum; and when the Sabbath came (lit: immediately the Sabbath started), he entered the synagogue and taught. (Mark 1:21)

Just then (immediately) there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. (Mark 1:23)

At once (immediately) his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. (Mark 1:28)

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As soon as (immediately) they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew. (Mark 1:29)

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once (immediately). (Mark 1:30)

Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. (Mark 1:42)

After sternly warning him he sent him away at once (immediately). (Mark 1:43)

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The Gospel of Mark

  • Style
  • “Immediately”
  • Paratactic style (“and”)
  • Redundancies

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That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32)

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That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32)

And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25)

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That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32)

And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25)

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. (Mark 9:2)

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That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32)

And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25)

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. (Mark 9:2)

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The Gospel of Mark

  • Style
  • “Immediately”
  • Paratactic style (“and”)
  • Redundancies
  • Details

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He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

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He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17)

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He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17)

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

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He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17)

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. (Mark 6:39)

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He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17)

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. (Mark 6:39)

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The Gospel of Mark

  • Style
  • “Immediately”
  • Paratactic style (“and”)
  • Redundancies
  • Details

  • The structure of Mark and the portrait of Jesus

 Act 1: (Not) Recognizing Jesus (1:1-8:21)

 The Turning Point: Recognizing Jesus (sort of) (8:22-30)

 Act 2: Recognizing (and Redefining) Jesus (8:31-16:8)

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The Gospel of Mark

  • One theme in Mark: disciples and discipleship

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