Chapter three concludes the first half of Jesus’ ministry and sets up the reader for the rest of the work Jesus would do leading to his death. Following the backdrop of picking wheat on the Sabbath, Jesus chose to heal a man on the Sabbath in a synagogue (Mark 3:1-6). The religious leaders had decided […]
Chapter two continues the record of Jesus’ early ministry and includes more teaching than chapter one. Jesus had chosen Capernaum as his ministry headquarters. After spending time in the rural villages, he returned there for some larger urban ministry. It was here, in the cities, that animosity first grew against him. In a demonstration of
Introduction The shortest of the four gospels by far, Mark has gained prominence in recent days, especially from modern higher critics. Beginning in the early 1800s, liberal scholars started to insist that Mark was written first (the Church historically acknowledged that Matthew held that distinction), around 60 A.D., and that Matthew and Luke both borrowed
