Mark wastes no time: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). From the first verse, we’re told that Jesus is not just a man—He is the divine Son, the ...

One, the grammar and syntax of the last verses is very different that the rest of Mark’s gospel. Second, the last 10 verses are not in the earliest surviving manuscripts.

“You will have treasure in heaven” (Mark 10:21). What is the treasure in heaven of which Jesus speaks in the Gospel (Mark 10:17-30) for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time in the Year B?

The Gospel of Mark A story of secrecy and misunderstanding. L. Michael White: Professor of Classics and Director of the Religious Studies Program University of Texas at Austin ...

(RNS) — Of the four Gospel writers, Mark is the one you would not want to invite to dinner. But he is the one who will challenge you to listen more carefully and to think more deeply about Jesus.

Eventually, Mark reconciled even with Paul, (Colossians 4:10; Philemon 24), such that by the end of his life, Paul and Mark had grown quite close again (2 Timothy 4:11).

1. The robust gospel is a story. Jesus didn’t drop out of the heavens one snowy night in Bethlehem to a world hushed for Advent. Instead, Jesus’ birth came in the midst of a story with a ...

The gospel of Mark is the second to appear in the New Testament, but most scholars now agree that it was composed first. While the work is attributed to "Mark," we will probably never know the ...

1. The robust gospel is a story. Jesus didn’t drop out of the heavens one snowy night in Bethlehem to a world hushed for Advent. Instead, Jesus’ birth came in the midst of a story with a ...