The Gospel of Mark
MARK - The Gospel of Mark, the shortest, is also held by most to be the first of the Gospels to be written. A tradition dating from the 2nd century ascribes this book to John Mark, a companion of Peter and also of Paul and Barnabas in their missionary endeavors. The preaching of Peter may well have been the source of most of Mark’s material. Mark accounts for the ministry of Jesus from His Baptism to His Ascension. Most commentaries agree that Mark’s purpose was neither biographical nor historical, but theological: to present Jesus as the Christ, the mighty worker rather than great teacher. Hence, Mark makes fewer references to the Parables and discourses, but meticulously records each of Jesus’ "mighty works" as evidence of His divine power. Mark contains 20 specific miracles and alludes to others. Bible scholars quite generally agree that Mark wrote his Gospel in Rome for the gentiles.
Author: John Mark
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
| kjv@Mark:1:1-8 | John the Baptist Prepares the Way |
| kjv@Mark:1:9-13 | The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:1:14-20 | The Calling of the First Disciples |
| kjv@Mark:1:21-28 | Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit |
| kjv@Mark:1:29-34 | Jesus Heals Many |
| kjv@Mark:1:35-39 | Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place |
| kjv@Mark:1:40-45 | A Man With Leprosy |
| kjv@Mark:2:1-12 | Jesus Heals a Paralytic |
| kjv@Mark:2:13-17 | The Calling of Levi |
| kjv@Mark:2:18-22 | Jesus Questioned About Fasting |
| kjv@Mark:2:23-3:6 | Lord of the Sabbath |
| kjv@Mark:3:7-12 | Crowds Follow Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:3:13-19 | The Appointing of the Twelve Apostles |
| kjv@Mark:3:20-30 | Jesus and Beelzebub |
| kjv@Mark:3:31-35 | Jesus' Mother and Brothers |
| kjv@Mark:4:1-20 | The Parable of the Sower |
| kjv@Mark:4:21-25 | A Lamp on a Stand |
| kjv@Mark:4:26-29 | The Parable of the Growing Seed |
| kjv@Mark:4:30-34 | The Parable of the Mustard Seed |
| kjv@Mark:4:35-41 | Jesus Calms the Storm |
| kjv@Mark:5:1-20 | The Healing of a Demon-possessed Man |
| kjv@Mark:5:21-43 | A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman |
| kjv@Mark:6:1-6 | A Prophet Without Honor |
| kjv@Mark:6:7-13 | Jesus Sends Out the Twelve |
| kjv@Mark:6:14-29 | John the Baptist Beheaded |
| kjv@Mark:6:30-44 | Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand |
| kjv@Mark:6:45-56 | Jesus Walks on the Water |
| kjv@Mark:7:1-23 | Clean and Unclean |
| kjv@Mark:7:24-30 | The Faith of a Syrophoenician Woman |
| kjv@Mark:7:31-37 | The Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man |
| kjv@Mark:8:1-21 | Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand |
| kjv@Mark:8:22-26 | The Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida |
| kjv@Mark:8:27-30 | Peter's Confession of Christ |
| kjv@Mark:8:31-9:1 | Jesus Predicts His Death |
| kjv@Mark:9:2-13 | The Transfiguration |
| kjv@Mark:9:14-32 | The Healing of a Boy With an Evil Spirit |
| kjv@Mark:9:33-37 | Who Is the Greatest |
| kjv@Mark:9:38-41 | Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us |
| kjv@Mark:9:42-50 | Causing to Sin |
| kjv@Mark:10:1-12 | Divorce |
| kjv@Mark:10:13-16 | The Little Children and Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:10:17-31 | The Rich Young Man |
| kjv@Mark:10:32-34 | Jesus Again Predicts His Death |
| kjv@Mark:10:35-45 | The Request of James and John |
| kjv@Mark:10:46-52 | Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight |
| kjv@Mark:11:1-11 | The Triumphal Entry |
| kjv@Mark:11:12-19 | Jesus Clears the Temple |
| kjv@Mark:11:20-26 | The Withered Fig Tree |
| kjv@Mark:11:27-33 | The Authority of Jesus Questioned |
| kjv@Mark:12:1-12 | The Parable of the Tenants |
| kjv@Mark:12:13-17 | Paying Taxes to Caesar |
| kjv@Mark:12:18-27 | Marriage at the Resurrection |
| kjv@Mark:12:28-34 | The Greatest Commandment |
| kjv@Mark:12:35-40 | Whose Son Is the Christ |
| kjv@Mark:12:41-44 | The Widow's Offering |
| kjv@Mark:13:1-31 | Signs of the End of the Age |
| kjv@Mark:13:32-37 | The Day and Hour Unknown |
| kjv@Mark:14:1-11 | Jesus Anointed at Bethany |
| kjv@Mark:14:12-31 | The Lord's Supper |
| kjv@Mark:14:32-42 | Gethsemane |
| kjv@Mark:14:43-52 | Jesus Arrested |
| kjv@Mark:14:53-65 | Before the Sanhedrin |
| kjv@Mark:14:66-72 | Peter Disowns Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:15:1-15 | Jesus Before Pilate |
| kjv@Mark:15:16-20 | The Soldiers Mock Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:15:21-32 | The Crucifixion |
| kjv@Mark:15:33-41 | The Death of Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:15:42-47 | The Burial of Jesus |
| kjv@Mark:16 | The Resurrection |
| kjv@2Timothy:4:9-18 | Personal Remarks |
| kjv@Titus:3:12-15 | Final Remarks |
| kjv@1John:5:13-21 | Concluding Remarks |
(see also: BIBLEBYCHAPTER-Mark )
SUMMARY:
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Mark, Gospel according to
(1) the absence of the genealogy of our Lord,
(2) whom he represents as clothed with power, the "lion of the tribe of Judah."
(3.) Mark also records with wonderful minuteness the very words (3:17; 5:41; 7:11-34; 14:36) as well as the position (9:35) and gestures (3:5,34; 5:32; 9:36; 10:16) of our Lord.
(4.) He is also careful to record particulars of person (1:29,36; 3:6,22, etc.), number (5:13; 6:7, etc.), place (2:13; 4:1; 7:31, etc.), and time (1:35; 2:1; 4:35, etc.), which the other evangelists omit.
(5.) The phrase "and straightway" occurs nearly forty times in this Gospel; while in Luke's Gospel, which is much longer, it is used only seven times, and in John only four times. "The Gospel of Mark," says Westcott, "is essentially a transcript from life. The course and issue of facts are imaged in it with the clearest outline." "In Mark we have no attempt to draw up a continuous narrative. His Gospel is a rapid succession of vivid pictures loosely strung together without much attempt to bind them into a whole or give the events in their natural sequence. This pictorial power is that which specially characterizes this evangelist, so that 'if any one desires to know an evangelical fact, not only in its main features and grand results, but also in its most minute and so to speak more graphic delineation, he must betake himself to Mark.'" The leading principle running through this Gospel may be expressed in the motto: "Jesus came...preaching the gospel of the kingdom" kjv@Mark:1:14). "Out of a total of 662 verses, Mark has 406 in common with Matthew and kjv@Luke:145 with kjv@Matthew:60 with Luke, and at most 51 peculiar to itself." (
See MATTHEW.)
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