Chapter sixteen requires some examination. Due to a series of variants between Greek manuscripts, this chapter could end with verse eight, verse eight plus a closing tag, or include all twenty verses. Most conservative scholarship agrees that Mark 16:9-20 were not included in Mark’s original writing. This causes concern for some, though, because, while the […]
Chapter ten contains a series of final encounters and teachings that Mark considered important leading up to Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Although Mark recorded that Jesus was teaching the crowds, he did not say what the topic was. However, since the Pharisees asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”, it is
Chapter six is the second-longest chapter in Mark, surpassed only by chapter fourteen, which records the night of Jesus betrayal and arrest. Having returned to Nazareth, Jesus preached in the synagogue on the Sabbath as was his custom (Mark 6:1-6). However, validating the adage, “Familiarity breeds contempt,” his hometown neighbors rejected him, primarily because they
